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Indian wrestlers thrash two Australians in racism-linked brawl in Melbourne |
Melbourne Police is investigating whether racist abuse was behind a brawl in which two angry Indian wrestlers put two Australians into hospital. Police have confirmed
two men, aged 25 and 42, were assaulted and hit with sticks in a fight after joining
a "mouthy" skateboarder who allegedly sparked the incident outside Meadowglen
International Athletics Stadium in Epping on Sunday afternoon. Inspector Mark
Doney, from Mill Park Police, said the incident occurred when contestants of the
wrestling team sport kabaddi, which attracted up to 5000 people, began to leave
the venue. "One of the youths there tried to get in the way of the cars and yelled
out a bit of abuse at people. I think he got his just desserts by the occupants
of the vehicle after he smashed the window of their car," news.com.au quoted Doney,
as saying. Asked whether the Indians had reacted to racial abuse, Inspector Doney
said: "It could have been. At this stage, I don't have what was actually said
in front of me''. Inspector Doney said the injured men were taken to Northern
Hospital with minor injuries but hadn't pressed charges. "We don't have a complaint
of assault from them,'' he said. A recent spate of race-based attacks on Indians
has soured Melbourne's reputation on the sub-continent. Premier John Brumby used
his trip to India last week to limit the fallout from the negative publicity. |
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