'Stabbed, Beaten and Left Bleeding': Indian-Origin Man Brutally Attacked with Machete in Australia
- On Saturday, July 19, 2025, Saurabh Anand was ambushed at Central Square Shopping Centre in Altona Meadows, with five teenagers attacking him while walking home.
- Following the surge in youth violence, the Victorian government introduced new bail laws and will implement a full ban on machete possession starting September 1, 2025.
- Police said two 15-year-olds were bailed, and Anand expressed distress over their continued freedom.
- Police are making a record 208 arrests per day, signals intensifying enforcement as a full machete ban looms.
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A man who almost lost his hand during a violent attack outside a Melbourne shopping centre says his life will never be the same again.Saurabh Anand has been discharged from hospital but may never be able to use his hand properly again."My hand and my arm was literally hanging by a thread," he said.READ MORE: Israel to pause fighting in three Gaza areas as concerns over hunger surge He was attacked by a gang armed with a machete and thought he wo…
Indian-origin man brutally attacked with machete in Australia
My instinctive reaction was to bring my arm up to protect my face and wrist. While I was trying to protect myself, the machete just went through my wrist. The second attack, the machete went through my hand..., says Saurabh Anand
Indian youth suffers spine and wrist injuries in brutal attack in Australia; four nabbed
Attacks on Indians on foreign soil have become common thesa days. In a fresh incident, a group of miscreants attacked an Indian youth and left him bleeding in the middle of the road before fleeing the scene in Australia. The victim has been identified as 33-year-old Saurabh Anand. The victim sustained severe injury and the wounds were so severe that the doctors even considered amputating his hand, which was later avoided, according to the Austra…
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