An Indian-origin father is recovering in hospital after being brutally assaulted outside his Clyde North home in Melbourne while his family slept inside, with police treating the attack as targeted.
It is reported that 42-year-old truck driver Supinder Pal Singh was walking to his vehicle in Catees Street just after 5am when he was confronted by two men.
CCTV footage shown by 7NEWS has one of the attackers approaching before knocking him to the ground with a single punch. A second man then joins in, with the pair repeatedly punching and kicking the victim as he lay defenceless.
Supinder’s sister, Suman Preet Kaur, said the attackers appeared intent on killing him. “They basically left him for dead,” she told Nine News.
“There was blood everywhere — on the street, in the house, all over his face. They made sure before they left, even kicking him in the head, that he wasn’t moving.”
After the offenders fled, the injured man managed to drag himself to the front door, where his family rushed him to hospital. He is being treated for a fractured skull and a broken nose and is expected to undergo surgery.
Suman told 7NEWS the attack appeared to be planned, alleging the men had been seen scoping out the street earlier and that her brother had been threatened about two weeks ago.
Police are continuing to search for the two men and the vehicle they escaped in, urging anyone with information or further CCTV footage to come forward.
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