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The terror of Australia’s random coffee attack

10 September 2024

9:56 PM

10 September 2024

9:56 PM

A young mother, picnicking with friends in a Brisbane park, shouldn’t now be praying for the recovery of her nine-month-old baby son from a random act of violence so pointless, so inexplicable, that it’s made headlines in Australia and around the world.

A fortnight ago, out of nowhere, a stranger tipped a Thermos flask of scalding coffee over the head of the infant, a boy known publicly only as Luka.

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