A cyclist named Marty, who preferred not to share his last name, recounted to 9News an encounter he had while riding his bike over the Evan Walker Bridge towards Flinders Street Station. During his ride, two young individuals approached him.

“Just walked up and punched me in the jaw,” he said.

The Carnegie man called Triple Zero but the pair then returned and threw his phone in the Yarra River.

“It had pictures of my deceased mum on it and other things that are irreplaceable,” he said. 

The customer service worker was taken to hospital after his tooth was knocked out and he suffered bruising to his face.

“I felt my mouth and my hand was just, yeah, there was a lot of blood coming out,” he said. 

He said violence in Melbourne’s CBD appeared to be growing by the day. 

“The random crime is just ridiculous, like me going out enjoying a night and that happened, it’s really wrong,” he said.

Marty describes the group as being in their late teens to early 20s, wearing jeans and Hoodrich branded jumpers.

Police have made no arrests and the investigation is ongoing. 

“They really need to get a life, they can’t go around doing that,” Marty said.