China has urged authorities in Australia to “severely punish” those responsible for an attack on a Chinese student in the southern state of Tasmania last week.
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Tasmanian police said on Friday that two 14-year-old girls had been charged over a serious assault on a 33-year-old man at a Hobart shopping precinct on Tuesday afternoon.
The man was being treated for head injuries in Royal Hobart Hospital and was in a stable condition.
Earlier in the week, four male youths from southern Tasmania – two aged 14 and two aged 15 – were arrested and jointly charged with Criminal Code Assault and bailed with conditions, police said.
Detective Inspector Mark Burke said that all the alleged offenders in relation to the incident had now been charged.
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The Chinese consulate general in Melbourne identified the victim of the attack as a student.