{"id":1763,"date":"2026-05-12T03:42:40","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T03:42:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/man-25-airlifted-to-hospital-in-australia-after-being-set-alight-in-violent-attack\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T03:42:40","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T03:42:40","slug":"man-25-airlifted-to-hospital-in-australia-after-being-set-alight-in-violent-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/man-25-airlifted-to-hospital-in-australia-after-being-set-alight-in-violent-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Man, 25, airlifted to hospital in Australia after being set alight in violent attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"article-body\">\n<h2 class=\"LeadText_lead-text__wd_PA __className_a88635\" data-testid=\"leadtext\">Police are searching for a person who allegedly doused a 25-year-old in accelerant before setting him alight, leaving him with 50 per cent of his body burnt and in a serious condition<\/h2>\n<p><button type=\"button\" class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX ImageEmbed_image-lead__Ti3qQ\" data-testid=\"leadimage\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"37142786\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A man was set alight in an apartment block on Todd Street \" loading=\"eager\"  src=\"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0_Screenshot-2026-05-12-at-10032PM.png\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"A man was set alight in an apartment block on Todd Street \" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">A man was set alight in an apartment block on Todd Street <cite aria-label=\"Image: Google \" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-credit__wlx1W\" data-testid=\"caption-credit\">(Image: Google )<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A man was rushed to hospital after being set alight in a &#8216;violent attack&#8217;, according to police.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/world-news\/bondi-beach-mass-killing-accused-37118496\" rel=\"follow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">New South Wales police<\/a> are searching for the person who allegedly set a 25-year-old man on <a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/uk-news\/liverpool-fire-smithdown-live-takeaway-37137643\" rel=\"follow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">fire<\/a> at a block of apartments on Monday evening, May 11 in Warrawong.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/world-news\/schoolboy-hit-train-backpack-melbourne-37142731\" rel=\"follow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">Emergency services <\/a>were called to a unit on Todd Street in Warrawong, 90km south of Sydney, at 9pm and forced their way in to the property where they found a man with severe burns to his face, chest, neck and arms.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The force said the man was doused in liquid before the incident, with 50 per cent of his body being burnt in the &#8216;vicious incident&#8217;.<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"image-group\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX false\" data-testid=\"imageembed-37101096\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"37101096\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"image\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:2\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"An image depicting a police car, equipped with illuminated blue and red lights on its roof, suggesting active emergency response.\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0_IBP_NEC_260722police_08JPG.jpg\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"Police were called to the scene\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Police were called to the scene<cite aria-label=\"Image: Newcastle Chronicle\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-credit__wlx1W\" data-testid=\"caption-credit\">(Image: Newcastle Chronicle)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/div>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A medical helicopter crew flew to treat the man at the scene as residents also helped paramedics.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">He was then airlifted to the Royal North Shore Hospital in a critical condition last night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">This morning, the hospital confirmed he was now in a serious but stable condition. NSW Police said that this was a &#8216;targeted&#8217; attack and noted that officers are often called to the complex.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">They were told that the man was allegedly set alight by an unknown person who ran away before they arrived.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A crime scene has been established and the force are appealing to the public for assistance. They have urged anyone with information to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/world-news\/man-set-alight-sydney-attack-37142782\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police are searching for a person who allegedly doused a 25-year-old in accelerant before setting<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1764,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1778557360_0_Screenshot-2026-05-12-at-10032PM.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1763"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1763\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}