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Alleged attack on One Nation supporter not believed to be politically motivated, Victoria police say

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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.

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Also reported by abc.net.au (found in GDELT's list of news articles)

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