A man on his morning coffee run has been struck to the head with a golf club during a shocking alleged attack caught on camera, with a witness saying “I thought he was going to actually die”.
The stunned victim was rushed to hospital with serious injuries after the violent encounter on Pier St in Perth‘s CBD about 5.30am on Tuesday.
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Cafe owner Al Absawi said the injured man was hit out of the blue.
“He was bleeding from the back of his head,” he told 7NEWS.
“I thought he was going to actually die.”
Bystanders threw chairs to push the aggressive stranger back, and later stopped him until police arrived.
The accused was charged with unlawful wounding, and the alleged victim taken to Royal Perth Hospital.
A man has allegedly been attacked with a golf club outside a Perth cafe. Credit: 7NEWSBystanders stepped in before the accused was arrested and charged. Credit: 7NEWSBe the first to know: Add 7NEWS as your preferred news source on Google
Business owners in the city are on edge, saying incidents like these are common.
A nearby photography studio was left with an $8000 repair bill when a brick was launched through its window in 2025.
Some are considering shutting their doors for good, and pedestrians have aired concerns about feeling unsafe.
Reports of property damage have almost doubled in the last year, but arson, robbery, shoplifting and assaults have gone down.
The figures have provided little comfort to city business owners, who say they are seeing the opposite.
Some claim they are so desensitised to the abuse, they often do not bother calling police.
Perth Mayor Bruce Reynolds said the City continues to invest in enhanced lighting, nightly City Watch patrols and CCTV, with close to 850 cameras monitoring movements in and around the CBD.
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