Australian police are working with their international counterparts to locate a man they believe fled the country after pouring boiling coffee on a baby in Brisbane.

The random attack - which occurred last month and has shocked the nation - left the nine-month-old boy with “serious burns” to his face and limbs.

Queensland Police have issued an arrest warrant for a 33-year-old wanted over acts intending to cause grievous bodily harm, a charge which carries a possible life sentence.

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    I don’t understand how people didn’t tackle this fuck after it happened let alone how anyone could do this.

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        Recent research has called the bystander effect into serious question. In 90% of observed real world circumstances intervention by bystanders occurred.

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          Except the bystander effect mentioned in the “original” Kitty case is not the same as a shocked “We’re here and what the fuck just happened in the last two seconds!?”.

          I’ve been an eye witness, and it’s a serious difference between “a few seconds of something horrible happening” and “wtf, someone is doing prolonged horrible deeds and murdering someone”.

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          That only happens if someone steps up and takes charge. Otherwise monkeys will stare slack jawed.

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                “I’m here to kick ass and chew bubble gum, and I’m all out of gum.”

                “The cake is a lie!”

                “Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn.”

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      In the commotion nobody’s brain would parse “that guy just threw coffee on a baby” because that’s not something you immediately consider

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      Dude is crazy enough to throw coffee on a baby. You want to wrestle with him? You know if he’s carrying any weapons?

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        Thowing coffee on a baby is like the weakest attack in the history of mankind. They are babies and literally cant fight back.

        This fucker would fold like a wish version lawnchair if you hit or tackled him.

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          This fucker would fold like a wish version lawnchair if you hit or tackled him.

          You’d bet your life on that? I wouldn’t. Fucker probably has a knife on him. Doesn’t take much to ruin your life pretty quickly.

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    It’s my local park. Normally kids everywhere. After this attack, mostly dog walkers, cyclists and runners. This MF certainly changed the local demographics, at least for the time being.

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    No motives whatsoever? Was his brain on vacation or smth?

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    The 70 pixels that form the face of the guy in the picture, that’s worthless info if the authorities already have a name. I say that because the image only tells me, well the guy is probably not European or Hispanic. He could be Filipino, Vietnamese, Indian, Chinese, Japanese. Could also be anyone with a good silicone mask. A frigging piece of paper with a good copy of someone’s face could have been used to make this exact image.