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Man in coma after city brawl

Posted July 25, 2008 10:16:00

Royal Melbourne Hospital

Man in a coma after a city brawl. (ABC News: Timothy Marshall)

A man is in hospital with serious head injuries after being attacked in the Melbourne CBD overnight.

Police say the 19-year-old Avondale Heights man was assaulted by a group of at least three men in Little Lonsdale Street shortly before 3:00 am (AEST).

The man was found lying unconscious on the footpath and is now in an induced coma in hospital.

Police are appealing for witnesses to the attack.

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