A gang of thugs lurked on mopeds in south Kingston streets and attacked residents after asking victims “are you from Chessington?”

Kingston police are upping patrols in Chessington this weekend in response to “multiple calls” about the gang, which carried out the attacks at night on Saturday, December 3 and Sunday, December 4.

No descriptions of the gang members have been released by detectives, other than that it was made up of three attackers all wearing protective clothing.

Officers responded to "multiple" reports of antisocial behaviour and assualts over the weekend, a police spokesman said.

Anyone with information should call Kingston CID on 0208 721 5819 or Crime Stoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.