Two Australian teenagers have been arrested on charges of brutally assaulting a wheelchair- bound Canadian tourist with a metal bar in Sydney, an attack reminiscent of the spate of incidents against Indians here.
The 35-year-old man, whose identity was not released, was punched, stomped and beaten up at Mount Druitt train station on Tuesday night. He is still in hospital and has had surgery for a fractured skull.
New South Wales police said he was waiting at the station in Sydney’s west after watching a friend’s band play a concert when the two teens approached and punched him in the face while he attempted to roll into a station lift.
He fell out of his wheelchair, was stomped on and bashed on the head with a metal bar wrenched from his wheelchair, causing a depressed skull wound and severe cuts, police said.