Australia police investigating severe assault on Canadian man in popular tourist town

Australian police are investigating a severe assault on a Canadian man in Byron Bay.

Late Sunday local time, a police patrol car was flagged down by a 28-year-old man in the coastal town on Australia’s southeastern coast, when he reported being attacked, according to a statement from police .

Police were told by the man that he had been drinking in a main street park with a group of about five males that he had just met, before they turned on him. He fled into the bush and later stopped the police vehicle.

The officers provided first aid to the man, identified as a Canadian national, before taking him to the Byron Bay Hospital, according to the Australia Broadcasting Corporation .

The man was later reported to be “serious but stable condition with a fractured skull, bleeding on the brain and spinal injuries.” His name has not been provided.

A Canadian man has been hospitalized with a brain bleed and fractured skull after being attacked by five strangers in a popular tourist destination.https://t.co/lePzveSxhp

— Sky News Australia (@SkyNewsAust) June 8, 2026

Police believe the Canadian had only arrived in the popular tourist destination the previous day , reports News.com Australia.

“Two of the males involved in the fight are believed to be aged about 16 or 17,” say police, but no further information is available at this time.

No arrests have been made, says Sky News .

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