Vic: Cabbie assaulted in early morning brawl

AAP General News (Australia)
08-02-2009
Vic: Cabbie assaulted in early morning brawl

MELBOURNE, Aug 2 AAP - A Melbourne cabbie suffered head injuries in an attack by a
group of men outside a bayside nightspot early on Sunday.

Police were called to a brawl outside the Prince of Wales Hotel in St Kilda where a
taxi driver had been attacked with a machete at about 5am (AEST).

A police spokesman said the cabbie suffered two head wounds when he was struck a number
of times with the machete.

The cab driver told police he had been assaulted by a large group of men, police said
in a statement.

Officers arrested four men at the scene but later released them pending further inquiries.

Police are looking for four more men, including a man who may have a large cut on his
right hand that may have required medical attention.

The man was missing a shoe at the time, police believe.

He is described as Caucasian, of medium height with short light-coloured hair.

Taxi drivers and in particular drivers of Indian descent have been the subject of a
string of attacks. The stabbing of a 23-year-old cabbie from India in April last year
prompted a mass protest rally in Melbourne streets.

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KEYWORD: ASSAULT

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