QLD Police are appealing for information after a man allegedly poured a hot liquid over a 9-month-old child in Hanlon Park.
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00:00Yesterday afternoon, a nine-month-old baby was with his mother and friends in Hanlon Park at
00:07Stones Corner when a male person who is not known to them has approached the group and has poured
00:12a hot liquid onto the child. The male person has then ran from the scene.
00:18Emergency services were contacted, subsequently attended and the baby was transported to the
00:22hospital where he has been treated for serious burns but they're non-life-threatening.
00:28The Morningside Child Protection Investigation Unit are currently investigating the matter
00:32and detectives have released CCTV footage depicting a male person running from this
00:38scene shortly after the incident. Detectives are appealing to the public to take their time,
00:43please have a look at this footage. If they recognise the person in the footage or if they
00:48have any information at all to provide the police, please contact Crimestoppers or Policelink.
00:53How would you describe this attack on this child?
00:56I think to me it is callous and cowardly. When you look at the circumstances,
01:01particularly for us who are parents, going to a park on a beautiful winter's day in Brisbane,
01:07enjoying your time with your baby, a friend and their baby and to be approached like this
01:12and attacked in this way must be terrifying for that person. Everyone has a right to feel safe
01:18in our community. This sort of behaviour will not be tolerated and we've thrown all our...