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MP attacked and robbed near home MP attacked and robbed near home
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Police have launched an investigation after Labour MP Anne Moffat was attacked, BBC Scotland has learned.Police have launched an investigation after Labour MP Anne Moffat was attacked, BBC Scotland has learned.
Ms Moffat said she was mugged by a gang of youths and left with broken ribs while walking near her home in Cockenzie in East Lothian.Ms Moffat said she was mugged by a gang of youths and left with broken ribs while walking near her home in Cockenzie in East Lothian.
The East Lothian MP was knocked unconscious and her watch and jewellery taken by her attackers.The East Lothian MP was knocked unconscious and her watch and jewellery taken by her attackers.
She was treated overnight in hospital in Edinburgh after the incident on Friday, but has been left shaken.She was treated overnight in hospital in Edinburgh after the incident on Friday, but has been left shaken.
She is now recovering at home after also suffering cuts and bruises.She is now recovering at home after also suffering cuts and bruises.
Police said they were looking for between four and six young men between 18 and 20-years-old.Police said they were looking for between four and six young men between 18 and 20-years-old.
Ms Moffat told BBC Scotland the attack happened in the evening, when she had gone out to get some exercise on a popular coastal path.
"I was doing a bit of running and a bit of walking and I heard a group of youths in front of me," she said.
Ms Moffat suffered several injuries, including broken ribs, in the attack
"I didn't see them but I heard them and I could tell that they were either high or drunk or they were very loud.
"I took my mobile phone out of my pocket and held on to it and when I came across them I realised they were really quite rowdy and could have been a bit of a threat, but I didn't think this much of a threat."
She added: "I veered to the side away from them and put my head down. The only thing I noticed was one of them was wearing a Celtic top.
"The next thing I knew, they were all jostling about and I don't know if I was pushed or tripped or how it happened but I went down and I knocked my head on a boulder or a stone of some sort and I was knocked out."
Ms Moffat said she did not know how long she had been unconscious.