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05/09/2009: "Australian aboriginal children beat white man to a pulp as he has no cigarettes"

A MAN says he was was beaten to a pulp by a gang of more than 20 children - some as young as eight - because he had no cigarettes to give them.

Heavily bruised and suffering a fractured eye socket, broken jaw and shattered teeth, Glenn Lambourn was still shaken when talking to the Northern Territory News about the vicious attack.

He said the children - all of Aboriginal appearance and believed to be aged between eight and 14-years-old - approached him on their bikes near a skate park and asked for a cigarette.

[ Pluralism fails. ]

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25441818-2,00.html