POLICE are appealing for help to identify five boys after a teenage boy was racially abused.

The 15-year-old boy was cycling home after school when the incident took place in Chilton Street, Bridgwater, last week.

The offenders are described as white and approximately 12 to 13-years-old.

They were wearing black jackets and black trousers at the time of the incident on Thursday, March 18.

The incident took place near the junction of Waverly Road and Kendale Road, by the temporary road work traffic lights between 3.15pm and 3.45pm.

Any witnesses and anyone with information relating to the incident should call police on 101, quoting the crime reference number 5221058640.