Hunt for robbery gang after student bashed
Police believe a violent robbery that left an Indian university student badly injured may be the latest in a string of vicious assaults - including five in one day - by a gang operating in Melbourne's northern suburbs.
Six people have been robbed in the past fortnight by a group of up to four men, described as Caucasian and in their late teens or early 20s. The victims were walking on their own after 10pm.
A 21-year-old man, who wanted to be known only as David, is the latest victim, knocked out in a vicious attack on Monday night.
The student, who has been in Australia for just two-and-a-half months, was walking home from Pascoe Vale station through a Railway Parade park at about 10pm when four men stopped him to ask for a cigarette.
"The four people surrounded me from the four corners and went behind me, they smashed a bottle on my head and I became unconscious and after that I don't know what happened. They were beating me a lot," he said. "They punched me, kicked me."
"I asked people driving on the other side 'help, help', they don't listen to me."
David, who was hospitalised for 10 hours, received stitches to his head and treatment for severe facial swelling, a black eye and broken nose.
His wallet - containing $10 - phone and backpack were stolen during the attack.
Senior Detective Steve Signorini, from the Broadmeadows robbery taskforce, said he was unsure if the robberies were being carried out by one group or separate gangs.
He said the victims were male and female and of different cultural backgrounds.
Five of the robberies happened on Saturday, April 26, in Coburg, Strathmore and Glenroy.
"The victims have stated that some of the offenders were wearing either white or dark-coloured bandannas or hankies over their faces to obviously hide their identity," he said.
Senior Detective Signorini urged people in those areas to be aware of their surroundings when walking alone and to walk through well-lit areas.
Six people have been robbed in the past fortnight by a group of up to four men, described as Caucasian and in their late teens or early 20s. The victims were walking on their own after 10pm.
A 21-year-old man, who wanted to be known only as David, is the latest victim, knocked out in a vicious attack on Monday night.
The student, who has been in Australia for just two-and-a-half months, was walking home from Pascoe Vale station through a Railway Parade park at about 10pm when four men stopped him to ask for a cigarette.
"The four people surrounded me from the four corners and went behind me, they smashed a bottle on my head and I became unconscious and after that I don't know what happened. They were beating me a lot," he said. "They punched me, kicked me."
"I asked people driving on the other side 'help, help', they don't listen to me."
David, who was hospitalised for 10 hours, received stitches to his head and treatment for severe facial swelling, a black eye and broken nose.
His wallet - containing $10 - phone and backpack were stolen during the attack.
Senior Detective Steve Signorini, from the Broadmeadows robbery taskforce, said he was unsure if the robberies were being carried out by one group or separate gangs.
He said the victims were male and female and of different cultural backgrounds.
Five of the robberies happened on Saturday, April 26, in Coburg, Strathmore and Glenroy.
"The victims have stated that some of the offenders were wearing either white or dark-coloured bandannas or hankies over their faces to obviously hide their identity," he said.
Senior Detective Signorini urged people in those areas to be aware of their surroundings when walking alone and to walk through well-lit areas.
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