AUDIO: AUSTRALIAN MAN ATTACKED WITH DIDGERIDOO
A 26-year-old man has been arrested and accused of an unprovoked attack on another man with a didgeridoo after a soccer game in Melbourne on Saturday night. Police arrested Jesse Gardiner for striking the 25-year-old Essendon man with a didgeridoo outside the Melbourne Cricket Ground after the game. The victim, named Daniel, suffered a fractured skull, broken nose and bloodied eye. Daniel’s sister said, “I think it will take a long time for Daniel to get over it and have the courage to go out anywhere really.”
* Was he playing it outside the stadium, like a street musician? Do Australians just carry these things around to prove they’re Australian?
* The didgeridoo. It’s Australia’s vuvuzela.
* You hit someone with a didgeridoo, that behavior is going to boomerang and get you.
* There’s no need for violence in Australia. If you want to injure or maim somebody there, there are plenty of things in nature that will do it for you – spiders, snakes, crocs, stingrays, plants – it’s just a matter of time.
* “It’s going to take a long for Daniel to have the courage to go out anywhere.” So at least he’ll be safe indoors for a while.
CLIP: Some didgeridoo music to play under the story.
