VIC:Man suffers punctured lung in Vic attack

AAP General News (Australia)
02-12-2011
VIC:Man suffers punctured lung in Vic attack

A 30-year-old man's in intensive care in a Melbourne hospital after he was stabbed
during an assault by a group of youths.

The man was walking towards two women in Lonsdale Street in Dandenong .. in the city's
southeast .. about 1.40 this morning when he was approached by the youths.

An argument erupted during which the man suffered puncture wounds to his back.

He's since undergone surgery for a punctured lung in The Alfred hospital.

Police are now seeking witnesses to the assault.

AAP RTV md/sw

KEYWORD: LUNG (MELBOURNE)

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