AAP General News (Australia)
12-28-2007
NSW: NZ man dies after Boxing Day bashing in Sydney
A 50-year-old New Zealand man .. bashed by youths in Sydney on Boxing Day .. has died
in hospital.
JAMES TAUTARI was walking from a fast-food restaurant to his western Sydney home at
Oxley Park that afternooon .. when he was set upon by up to ten teenagers.
Police say the youths attacked him .. using baseball bats and golf clubs .. possibly
in retaliation for an earlier incident at the food outlet.
A neighbour .. who helped Mr TAUTARI after the attack .. says the father of four children
was near death .. lying on the street covered in blood.
He was taken to Nepean Hospital where he died late yesterday after three emergency
operations .. including the removal of his spleen.
Family gathered at the TAUTARI home today to mourn the loss of their father and grandfather
and make arrangements to return his body to New Zealand for burial.
(EDS: Changes keyword from Attack)
AAP RTV pc/wz
KEYWORD: TAUTARI (SYDNEY)
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