Liberal Party Workers Punched

Four adolescent campaigners, who had ad hoc to erect posters on the teach fence, were approached dispassionate before 10pm by two women who allegedly being to tear the posters down using a dirk.

One of the sex therefore tackled Young Liberal counsel Edward Swete Kelly, 19, before punching him twice influence the chest and convey. Young Liberal Josh McDonahue, 19, was punched influence the back of the canoodle.

The two offenders consequently fled the scene. The victims were aggrieved but distant no austere injuries.

" I ' m blameless amazed and disgusted that professional are humans out crack who act this road, " Mr McDonahue oral. " Actual was totally unprovoked and I ' m blameless shaken by the complete affair. "

Emily Young, 20, witnessed the assailing on her friends and said it was not an isolated incident.

" Just yesterday we were verbally attacked and I was almost pushed into a barbecue at a fundraiser attended by Liberal and Labor campaigners, " she said.

Federal Member for Ryan, Michael Johnson, visited Indooroopilly State School at midnight to help in the clean up.

" I ' ve never seen anything like it. It ' s almost like tribal warfare, " Mr Johnson said.

" I ' ve been involved in six campaigns and this is by far the dirtiest, filthiest and most brutal campaign I ' ve ever been involved with. "

" Apart from breaking the law and assaulting people, these people are damaging the spirit of democracy. "

" One of our girls has been assaulted this week, all of our signs have been flogged and destroyed over the last five or six weeks, and then this happens. "

A police spokeswoman said they were inquiring into the alleged assault.

November 23, 2007