Nine-month-old baby undergoes surgery after man allegedly pours hot coffee on him

Police increase patrols near Hanlon Park in Brisbane after nine-month-old boy taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries

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The mother of a baby boy hospitalised after hot coffee was allegedly poured on him by a stranger has described the experience as torture".

The nine-month-old underwent surgery after suffering burns to his face and chest following what police described as a cowardly" and random attack in a Brisbane park.