Melbourne: A 28-year-old Indian student was attacked in the north-west of Melbourne, adding one more in the series of recent attacks on Indians in Australia, a report said on Friday.
The student after getting off a bus at Keilor Plains train station at 12.15 a.m. Tuesdy was approached by two men. They asked him for a cigarette and he gave one to both of them.
As the Indian student turned to walk away, he was hit over the head at least six times with what he believes was a plank of wood or a baseball bat, The Age newspaper reported.
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He was knocked unconscious and the offenders made off with his backpack.
A constable with Footscary police, Kevin Squires, described the attack as callous and unprovoked.
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`They seemed to be hanging around the station just looking for someone,` he said. `They just kept whacking him in the back of the head.`
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