QLD: Man arrested over violent bowser attack

AAP General News (Australia)
08-19-2008
QLD: Man arrested over violent bowser attack

BRISBANE, Aug 19 AAP - Police have charged a man over an argument at a Brisbane service
station that has left an Israeli man in hospital in an induced coma.

Police say the 24-year-old Israeli remains in a serious but stable condition in Princess
Alexandra Hospital after being punched by another man at a service station in Carindale
about 4.25pm (AEST) on Sunday.

In what police describe as a cowardly attack, the victim was allegedly punched without
warning and fell to the ground, hitting his head on concrete.

Police believe the incident was sparked by the victim jumping a queue to claim an unoccupied
bowser.

An anonymous phone call to Crime Stoppers resulted in police this morning arresting
a 37-year-old man from Mansfield.

He was charged with assault occasioning grievous bodily harm and will appear in Brisbane
Magistrates Court later today.

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