Horrifying moment a man smashes a girl, nine, over the head with a paving slab as she plays on her bike in random attack outside her home in Turkey

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  • The girl was left unconscious by the predatory attack as she rode on her bike
  • Security footage picked up the sickening incident in Atakum, Samsun Province
  • Took two months to track suspect down and charge him with attempted murder
  • Police stumbled across Osman C when he attacked another girl at a bus stop 

This is the horrifying moment a man smashes a nine-year-old girl over the back of the head with a paving slab as she played on her bike in a random attack.

The girl was left unconscious when she was hit from behind by the thug outside her home in Turkey. 

Security footage picked up the sickening attack, which police are treating as an attempted murder due to the force he hits her with the solid stone. 

It took officers two months to track the suspect down, and only arrested him after he attacked another young girl at a bus stop in the Atakum district of Samsun Province on northern Turkey's Black Sea coast.

The predatory attacker is seen holding the paving slab behind his back, ready to pounce on his victim

The predatory attacker is seen holding the paving slab behind his back, ready to pounce on his victim

The first incident was caught on CCTV footage which shows the man - thought to be Osman C, 33, walking with the slab in his hands behind his back as three young girls ride their bikes in circles.

Suddenly the predatory attacker hits one of the girls on the back of her head with the stone and then runs off as she is knocked flying from her bike and lands on the ground.

The injured girl, who was named by police by her initials AMA, was playing with friends outside of her family's home at the time of the attack which left her unconscious.

Passers-by called emergency services and police and paramedics quickly arrived on the scene.

AMA was rushed by ambulance to the Samsun Research and Training Hospital for treatment to her injuries.

Doctors described her condition as stable and allowed her to go home after keeping her in hospital for observation for a few days.

The moment the attacker smashes the girl over the back of the head with the paving slab

The moment the attacker smashes the girl over the back of the head with the paving slab

The cowardly attacker runs away having smashed the girl over the back of the head in Turkey

The cowardly attacker runs away having smashed the girl over the back of the head in Turkey

The girl is left unconscious on the floor outside her home having been knocked off her bike

The girl is left unconscious on the floor outside her home having been knocked off her bike

Police launched an inquiry and two months later arrested Osman C, a construction worker, after he attacked another young girl at a bus station in Atakum.

Osman C was grabbed by eyewitnesses of the attack who pinned him down until police arrived.

He was arrested and taken to a nearby police station where he was identified as a suspect for the attack on AMA.

Osman C told police he had no memory of the earlier incident but he was charged with both attacks and has already appeared in court.

He is currently being held in the Samsun Mental Health and Illnesses Hospital for observation and to decide whether or not he is fit to stand trial.

Prosecutors want to see him jailed for up to 20 years for the attempted murder of a child.

Lawyer Firat Epozdemir said: 'The suspect hits the child in the head with a huge stone very hard and then runs away.

'It is very clear from the way he hits the girl’s head so hard that he was trying to deliberately kill the victim.'

The investigation is ongoing.  

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