‘You %^&*ing Indian’, driver assaulted in Melbourne road rage

The assailants were allegedly angered by the driver sticking to the 40kmph speed limit.

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Ali Al Khalidi Source: 7 News

A driver was brutally assaulted by two men who were allegedly angered by the victim sticking to the 40 km/h speed limit on a busy road in Melbourne's north earlier this month.

28-year-old Ali Al Khalidi was set upon by two tradies as he stopped at a traffic light at the busy Sydney Road.

Vision captured on a surveillance camera shows two men attacking Ali and throwing punches at him after one man broke his vehicle’s driver side window by kicking it.

“I was receiving punches [on the head] and backed out.. you know..  I couldn’t see anything,” Mr Al Khalidi told 7 News.

“I was doing the speed limit and there was a truck behind me. It started beeping.. just go… go..”
Two thugs have kicked in a young driver's window before repeatedly punching him, in a vicious road rage attack in Brunswick. #7News pic.twitter.com/fcYNYXXm0Y — 7 News Melbourne (@7NewsMelbourne) June 25, 2017
The assailants unleashed a tirade of racist remarks as they viciously attacked the victim.

“I had put the window up.. but they shouted ‘you %$#^ing Indian.. you %$#^ing Indian’. They will kill somebody,” Mr Al Khalidi added.

The terrifying road rage incident happened in the middle of a busy road in broad daylight and witnessed by a number of people. One of them noted down the registration of the truck and informed the police.

The offenders have not been caught so far.

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Published 26 June 2017 11:26am
Updated 11 August 2017 4:15pm
By Shamsher Kainth

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