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! 5%! STUDENT WAS VIOLENTLY ASSAULT ED ON 4UESDAY TH &EBRUARY IN THE ,#2 4HE SECOND YEAR ()3 STUDENT WHO WISHES TO REMAIN ANONYMOUS WAS AT THE @3KOOL $AZE ,#2 WHEN A MAN ATTACKED HIM BETWEEN AND AM BY BITING INTO HIS NOSE WHILST HE WAS ON THE DANCE m OOR !T THE TIME OF PRINT IT IS UNCLEAR WHO THE ATTACKER WAS 4HE STUDENT IS UNSURE IF HE WAS ABLE TO PULL FREE OR IF HE WAS RELEASED BUT WAS TAKEN STRAIGHT TO ONE OF THE BOUNCERS BY A FRIEND (E RECALLED h-Y NOSE WAS BLEEDING A LOT AND THERE WAS BLOOD ALL OVER MY CLOTHESv 4HE POLICE WERE CALLED HOWEVER !NDY 0OTT 'ENERAL -ANAGER OF THE 5NION OF 5%! 3TUDENTS COMMENTED THAT h7E HAD NO INFORMATION TO GIVE THEM v (E STRESSED THAT h7E RE ASKING FOR ANYONE WHO S SEEN ANYTHING TO COME FORWARD v 4HE STUDENT WAS TREATED BRIEm Y BY THE 3T *OHN S AMBULANCE STATION IN THE (IVE BEFORE BEING TAKEN TO HOSPI TAL AT AM (ERE IT WAS CONl RMED THAT HE HAD BEEN BITTEN AS THERE WERE VISIBLE TEETH MARKS UPON CLOSER IN SPECTION (IS RIGHT NOSTRIL HAD BEEN TORN AND HE NEEDED STITCHES FROM
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INSIDE THE NOSTRIL UP TO THE BRIDGE OF THE NOSE (E REMAINED IN HOSPITAL FOR NEARLY l VE HOURS BEFORE BEING RE LEASED AT AM 4HE STUDENT SAID h) THINK THERE LL BE A SCARv BUT HE WON T KNOW hTHE FULL EXTENT UNTIL LATERv WHEN THE SWELLING IN HIS FACE REDUCES AND THE WOUND IS PROPERLY CLEANED !NNIE 'RANT THE $EAN OF 3TU DENTS WAS CONTACTED BY A MEMBER OF THE STUDENT S FAMILY ON 4HURSDAY AND AT THAT POINT h7E PUT EVERYTHING IN PLACE TO PROVIDE SUPPORT v 3HE SAYS THAT THE INCIDENT hIS BEING INVESTIGAT
ED AND BEING TAKEN VERY SERIOUSLY v ,OOKING BACK ON THE INCIDENT THE STUDENT TOLD #ONCRETE THAT hIT SEEMED SO RIDICULOUS n HARD TO BELIEVE v (E CONTINUED h) AM NOT REALLY AFRAID TO GO OUT AGAIN BUT AM MORE SHOCKED THAT IT HAPPENED AT ALL ) HAVE NO IDEA WHO THE ASSAILANT WAS AND THINK THAT STUDENTS SHOULD BE AWARE THAT IT HAP PENED ON THEIR DOORSTEP v 4HE STUDENT RETURNED TO 5%! THIS WEEK AND WILL HAVE A FOLLOW UP HOS PITAL APPOINTMENT )N REACTION TO HEARING THE STORY A
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