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Canadian tourist hospitalized with brain bleed after Byron Bay park assault

From ABC Australia · () English

Translated from English, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • A Canadian tourist is hospitalized with a fractured skull and brain bleed after being assaulted in a Byron Bay park.
  • The 28-year-old tourist met a group of about five males in the park and was attacked after they began drinking together.
  • Police are seeking information from the public to identify the attackers, who may include teenagers.

A Canadian tourist is in serious but stable condition in a Tweed Valley Hospital after a violent assault in a Byron Bay park. The 28-year-old suffered a fractured skull and bleeding on the brain.

Authorities report the tourist had only arrived in the popular northern New South Wales destination the previous day. He was reportedly drinking in Railway Park with a group of about five males he had recently met when the assault occurred.

Police believe two of the attackers may have been teenagers, aged 16 or 17. The injured tourist managed to escape into nearby bushland and flagged down police on Butler Street around 11:40 p.m.

Officers provided first aid before transporting him to Byron Bay Hospital, from where he was later transferred. Police are appealing for any witnesses or individuals with information to contact Byron Bay Police or Crime Stoppers.

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