Australia has really not been peaceful lately!
Tragic clouds over Sydney Mall
Still in my heart,
There have also been a number of injuries in Melbourne,
Even the Chinese district is not immune!
In a random street slashing incident in Melbourne, a man stabbed five people with a knife, one of the victims was 23-year-old Shawn Hu, a Chinese student from Mount Waverley.
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In the wake of the Bondi Junction massacre, Hu broke his silence and said more mental health support was needed to prevent further attacks, according to The Herald Sun. He also called on Victorian authorities to enact stricter laws on the use of knives.
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In an interview with The Herald Sun, Hu, who had just enrolled at IT TAFE, said that he was attacked by a strange man with mental problems late at night on January 6, which changed his life completely. He came to study in Australia and was stabbed several times as soon as he got off the tram.
Hu said with the help of an interpreter: "It was terrible, I thought I was going to die, everything was so sudden that I didn't react at all. "I fell to the ground, covered in blood, and the man tried to stab me, so I kicked him in the leg and he ran away. ”
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Since then, Hu has been diagnosed with PTSD and needs to talk to a psychologist and psychiatrist every week. Even now, a few months have passed, Hu's injuries have not fully recovered, and his left arm has basically no strength.
During the interview, Hu was wearing a T-shirt with the word "survivor" emblazoned on his chest, which he lifted to reveal a large scar. He said it would be "a few months" before he could return to his job as a part-time furniture movers and gardener.
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In addition, he received pro bono help from Alex Cao, a prominent attorney at Brightstone Legal. "Every month I go back to the hospital for neurological rehabilitation," he adds, "and as you can see on the table, the psychiatrist prescribes me a lot of medications for depression and post-traumatic stress disorder." ”
"The two puncture wounds on my back hurt at times, especially in cold weather, and the wounds on my arm were the worst because my nerves were almost severed and now I don't feel anything in my arm and I can't move much. ”
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Christopher Raftopoulos, the alleged knife wielder, is still at Thomas Embling Hospital, a medium-security psychiatric hospital.
Raftopoulos, 31, is accused of randomly assaulting multiple innocent people in St Kilda, Southbank, King St and St Kilda East on a Saturday night.
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At the time of the attack, Raftopoulos was homeless and mentally unhealthy, and he will be brought to court again on 22 May. Bondi Junction knife wielder, Joel Cauchi, suffers from schizophrenia.
Hu says the most important thing to do every day now is to go out for a walk and soak up the sun, while his family is overseas. "Hopefully, my story will help people be vigilant and avoid something like this from happening to them," he happily added.