David Beck, 29, was ambushed by four men in Coventry on Sunday and said the attack “was all a mad blur” as passers-by came to his rescue before an ambulance arrived

A dad was hit over the head with a hammer by a group of callous thugs in an horrific street attack.

A gang of four launched the seemingly unprovoked attack on dad David Beck as he walked back from the shop with a friend in Coventry.

The ambush on the father-of-two happened last weekend, with one of those who attacked him reportedly having a gun.

Passers-by came to David’s aid last Sunday, helping him get to his mother’s house nearby where ambulance crews were called before they took him to hospital.

The 29-year-old suffered a number of injuries to his head and body.

David, who is dad to Olivia, six, and two-year-old Ronnie, told CoventryLive : “I turned around and they were just there. I think there was four of them and three were hitting me with hammers.”