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CCTV footage has been released of a man running away after pouring hot coffee on a 9-month-old baby in a “cowardly” and random attack in a Brisbane park.
Police are appealing for help to identify the man after the boy underwent surgery following the “terrifying” incident on Tuesday.
The baby was with family at Hanlon Park, Stones Corner, at midday when a man approached, police said.
He then poured a hot liquid believed to be coffee on the child in what police described as a deliberate and unprovoked act.
“It is callous and cowardly,” Detective Inspector Paul Dalton told reporters on Wednesday.
“Going to a park on a beautiful winter’s day in Brisbane, enjoying your time ... to be attacked like this and approached like this, it must be terrifying.”
The boy underwent surgery after being rushed to the Queensland Children’s Hospital with “non-life-threatening” but serious burns and remains in a stable condition.
“Both her [the mother] and the baby’s father are obviously very distressed,” Dalton said.
