The footage begins with two bald men smoking outside the door of the club when a third man in a grey shirt walks out of the building. He starts a conversation with one of the men, in a red check shirt, while the other man waits quietly behind the victim. Suddenly the attacker launches a devastating sucker-punch, knocking the man unconscious before he hits the ground.
He narrowly missed a motorbike parked nearby.
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DISGUSTING: The cowardly attacker punches the man while he is not looking
The suspect then appears to stamp on his motionless victim as his friend pushes him away. The devastating punch was captured by security cameras outside the Press Club in Manchester city centre on June 29 between the hours of 2.30am and 3.30am. Police have released the disturbing footage in an attempt to find the attacker.
PC Michael Baylay, of GMP s City of Manchester team, said: This was a brutal attack on a man enjoying a night out and it is fortunate that he was not very seriously injured.
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It happened outside a popular venue in the city centre when people would have been around and seen something.
We are particularly keen to speak to anybody who was outside the club at the time who may be able to help us identify this man.
We would urge anybody who recognises the man in the CCTV or knows anything else that could help our investigation to come forward.
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