A MAN fought off an armed attacker who tried to rob him in a York park.
The victim said he was approached by two youths as he walked through Tedder Road park from the Woodthorpe area last night.
He was threatened with a short bladed kitchen knife.
Sergeant Colin Ventress, of York Police, said: "The victim went to push him out of the way, and he was grabbed round the neck by the attacker without the knife.
"He broke free and the youths ran off."
The man suffered a slight injury to his face.
The youth with the knife was described as about 18 years old and about 5ft 10. He was wearing a dark coloured hat and a black Adidas tracksuit.
The other youth was about 18-years-old and shorter than his accomplice. He was wearing a dark coloured Nike baseball cap.
Updated: 14:31 Thursday, December 13, 2001
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