Gruesome video has captured the moment a man was allegedly choked and left lying unconscious on a pavement in a vile night time attack.
The video, posted to Reddit, appears to show a group of young men and another man, dressed in a white shirt, getting into a tussle on York St in Sydney’s CBD.
One young man can be seen pushing the man, who then talks to the group before another man comes up behind him and places his arm around his neck.
The man appears to be in pain and struggles as the other man holds him.
The group then move away and the video returns to show the man lying on the pavement, apparently unconscious.
The video captures an alleged assault on York St in Sydney. A group of youths were seen fighting with an older person, before one pushed him and another grabbed him from behind
A NSW Police spokeswoman said they were aware of an incident on York St on Saturday night.
‘About 10pm last night, police were called to a licensed premises on York Street, Sydney after reports of an assault,’ she said on Sunday.
‘Officers from Sydney City Police Area Command attended and spoke to a 33-year-old man who had reportedly been assaulted during an altercation with a group of males on the street earlier.’
Police said the man suffered facial injuries and was taken to St Vincent’s Hospital for treatment.
‘An investigation is now underway into the incident,’ the spokeswoman said.
York Street is a major thoroughfare in Sydney’s CBD running from Town Hall to Lang Park.
The alleged victim appears to lie unconscious on the pavement after the alleged choking assault, with the young men walking away
The alleged act of violence, which was posted to the Sydney subreddit late on Saturday, has left social media users sickened.
‘Just another night in Sydney. I don’t go out in the CBD ’cause you just see this s**t all the time,’ one person wrote on the platform.
‘Hopefully lots of CCTV for the police to make quick decisions,’ another said.
The video is 28 seconds long and does not detail the moments before the tussle or what was said between the parties.
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