VIC: Two men bashed in unprovoked attack on walking trail

AAP General News (Australia)
02-05-1999
VIC: Two men bashed in unprovoked attack on walking trail

By Peter Barber

MELBOURNE, Feb 5 AAP - A kickboxer treated two strangers on a nature trail as punching bags
by kicking them more than 20 times in an unprovoked attack, one of the victims said today.

The man known only as Jeffrey had his wallet stolen in the attack on the popular
bushwalking trail north west of Melbourne, but the theft appeared to be an afterthought.

Jeffrey said the youth appeared to be a trained kickboxer who wanted the men to fight back
so that he could test his skills.

"This man obviously wanted to …