Alleged attack on One Nation supporter not believed to be politically motivated, Victoria police say
Police also allege Torquay man was attacked with a ‘blunt weapon’ rather than a baseball bat as originally reported An alleged attack on a One Nation supporter is not believed to have been politically motivated, Victoria police say, clarifying that a “blunt weapon” was allegedly used rather than a baseball bat as originally reported. On Tuesday, police confirmed they arrested a 37-year-old Hampton Park man and a 14-year-old boy over the alleged attack on a 60-year-old man outside his Torquay home on Sunday night.
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[Claude] Report 2 covers the same alleged assault on a One Nation volunteer and the police statement that it is not being treated as politically motivated, with no conflicting facts.
1h agoAlso reported by abc.net.au (found in GDELT's list of news articles)
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