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A MAN who was allegedly brutally assaulted in a Lockyer Valley park said his attacker hurled racial slurs at him before repeatedly punching him in the head.
Andrew Shih was walking his dog in the evening on Wednesday, January 20 at Dawson Phipps Park in Gatton.
“Suddenly, a racist man came out of nowhere yelling at me ‘go back to where you’re from, I’m gonna … kill you’,” he wrote on Facebook.
“He then beat me down to the ground and kept punching my head.
“I was eventually sent to the hospital and hospitalised overnight.
“I suffered from severe concussion with some memory loss and had multiple bruises and abrasions on my face, knees, elbows, hands, and hip.
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Subscriber only Gatton police are appealing for witnesses after a local man walking his dog was allegedly assaulted resulting in the male victim being transported to hospital with head injuries. Gatton Police Officer-in-Charge Senior Sergeant Rowland Browne said police attended an incident that occurred at Dawson Phipps Park in Gatton on Wednesday, January 20. The park is located of Larkin and Hunter Streets, near the Regis Aged Care Home - which is not connected to the incident. Senior Sergeant Browne said the victim was walking with his dog, alone in the park, when he was punched in the head and knocked down .