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Donna Demaio: Australia Correspondent on the manhunt for the man who allegedly poured hot coffee on a baby · Early Edition with Ryan Bridge

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  Speaker 1: Right now though. Donna is our Australia correspondent, Donna, good
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  Speaker 1: to have you on the program. This weapons expo in
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  Speaker 1: Melbourne bracing for big protest. What's going on?
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  Speaker 2: Yes, In fact, Victoria police have erected a ring of steel,
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  Speaker 2: as they describe it, around this weapons expo. It's going
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  Speaker 2: to have about eight hundred companies there and there's going
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  Speaker 2: to be military tanks and semi automatic guns on display,
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  Speaker 2: and a lot of people are expected to attend the
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  Speaker 2: expo itself, but it's understood up to about twenty five
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  Speaker 2: thousand people may take to the streets, These anti war
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  Speaker 2: activists they're calling themselves, and they possibly plan to cause chaos.
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  Speaker 2: So Victoria police are trying to be prepared for that.
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  Speaker 2: Interstate police have been called in and it suggested it
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  Speaker 2: maybe a repeat of similar scenes. Way back in two
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  Speaker 2: thousand there was absolute mayhem and violence on the streets
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  Speaker 2: when protesters targeted the World Economic Forum and about one
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  Speaker 2: hundred people were arrested at that time. So this Land
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  Speaker 2: Forces Expo does have the focus of police and activists.
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  Speaker 2: In fact, already at the weekend some Melbourne hotels have
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  Speaker 2: been painted red and vandalized and so we do believe
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  Speaker 2: that hundreds of police are being brought in as I mentioned,
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  Speaker 2: and there's already this fencing that's covered in tarps. So
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  Speaker 2: it's not really clear now to the general public what's
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  Speaker 2: happening behind those taps, but you might want to know
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  Speaker 2: that police now do have these extra increased powers to
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  Speaker 2: search any person and vehicle under heightened anti terrant legislation
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  Speaker 2: in Victoria. The Lord Mary in the meantime, he's just saying,
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  Speaker 2: please everybody stay calm.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, Nia, it sounds like there might be some need
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  Speaker 1: for calm there. Tell us this thirty two year old
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  Speaker 1: who allegedly poured a flask of hot coffee on a
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  Speaker 1: nine month old baby in Brisbane.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, it's been described as deliberate and unprovoked attack. This
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  Speaker 2: baby suffered significant burdens to his face, arms and legs. Now,
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  Speaker 2: thankfully he's on the men. Now. This happened on the
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  Speaker 2: twenty seventh of August, but we have had an update
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  Speaker 2: from Brisbane Police. We now know that the man who
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  Speaker 2: allegedly did this pouring this scolding coffee on a nine
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  Speaker 2: month old baby has escaped overseas and he escaped they
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  Speaker 2: believe less than a day before he was identified by
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  Speaker 2: detectives and I found this most interesting. Police have confirmed
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  Speaker 2: that it became apparent that this person was aware of
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  Speaker 2: police methodologies, was conducting countess of valence activities and that
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  Speaker 2: made the investigation quite complex. Meantime, the family is saying
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  Speaker 2: they do hope that one day justice will be served.
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  Speaker 1: It's bizarre.
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  Speaker 2: They Okay, the baby is on the mend. We heard
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  Speaker 2: from the family as well. He's up and about and
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  Speaker 2: walking again, and his mother is just really that he's
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  Speaker 2: such a strong little boy.
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  Speaker 1: As she put it, absolutely Donna. Thank you for that.
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  Speaker 1: Donald Our Australia corresponds. For more from news Talks, he'd
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