{"id":494125,"date":"2026-01-05T13:10:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T13:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/494125\/"},"modified":"2026-01-05T13:10:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T13:10:10","slug":"melbourne-man-living-in-fear-after-brutal-attack-by-gang-of-masked-men","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/494125\/","title":{"rendered":"Melbourne man living in fear after brutal attack by gang of masked men"},"content":{"rendered":"

For Qaisar and his family, it was an unexpected and unprovoked night of terror.<\/p>\n

Brutally attacked for no reason by a gang of masked youths, he now wonders if his young family can ever again feel safe in their own home.<\/p>\n

Qaisar had just returned from a night out with friends in Melbourne’s northern suburbs when he noticed a car at the front of his house with four young men inside.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Qaisar had just returned from a night out with friends in Melbourne’s northern suburbs when he noticed a car at the front of his house. (A Current Affair)<\/p>\n

“It was dark, my driveway light had come on, so I could barely see,” he said.<\/p>\n

“I’m just telling my friend over the phone that, ‘oh, there is a car parked in the wrong direction’.<\/p>\n

“I started walking towards the car and tried to see the shadows, and I saw two guys standing in balaclavas.”<\/p>\n

The car appeared to take off and Qaisar tried to record the vehicle on his phone.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“I was so nervous, so scared, so afraid, that I couldn’t even turn my camera to video,” he said.\ufeff<\/p>\n

But it then returned and the masked men jumped out.<\/p>\n

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