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International manhunt underway for man accused of committing ‘most cowardly’ crime
An international manhunt is underway for a suspect who allegedly doused an infant with scalding hot coffee at a park in Australia late last month.
Queensland police say the coward assaulted the infant at Hanlon Park in Stones Corner around noon on Aug. 27.
That’s when a man walked up to a family with whom he had no relation, and poured a hot liquid onto the child before fleeing the scene.
Emergency crews were called, and the infant was rushed to a hospital with “serious burns,” Queensland police said in a press release.
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A nine-month-old baby is recovering after the man on the right allegedly doused the infant with scalding hot coffee. (GoFundMe; Queensland Police)
The child was later released from the hospital.
Detectives from the Morningside Child Protection Investigation Unit identified the suspect as a 33-year-old “foreign national.”
Queensland police said the suspect has since fled Australia.
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A warrant has been issued for his arrest for “intending to cause grievous bodily harm,” Queensland Police’s Paul Dalton said.
Dalton described the attack on the infant as the “most cowardly” he’s seen in a decades-long career.
CCTV footage showing the suspect escaping. (Queensland Polcie)
“I’ve seen a lot of disgusting acts. But this is one, if you look at the situation, I can’t think of someone being in a more vulnerable situation and being more vulnerable — a young mother and a baby sitting on the ground,” Dalton said.
An Australian infant recovering in the hospital. (GoFundMe)
The department is working with national and international partner agencies to investigate.
A friend of the family, meanwhile, has set up a GoFundMe page to help the infant with his recovery.
The page said the child “has a long recovery ahead of him which will include further doctors, specialists [and] hospital appointments.”
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Published On 17 May 2026
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Colin Jost Says ‘SNL’ Rejected Joke About Pete Hegseth Reading ‘Pulp Fiction’ Bible Verse Two Weeks Before It Happened in Real Life
Donald Trump’s defense secretary Pete Hegseth was widely mocked in April after he read a fake Bible verse from Quentin Tarantino’s 1994 classic “Pulp Fiction” during a Pentagon worship service. It turns out Colin Jost sort of saw it coming.
During a recent visit to “The Tonight Show,” Jost revealed that before Hegseth’s viral gaffe he told the “SNL” writers room: “Would it be funny if Hegseth just did that Bible verse that they have in ‘Pulp Fiction’ Remember, from Ezekiel, Samuel L. Jackson?”
The writers shot down Jost’s pitch, deeming it “too ridiculous” and claiming it “would take up all this time in the cold open. “And then he for real did it, like two weeks later and I was like, ‘Well, the good news is, I’m being surveilled, so that’s a relief.’” Jost has been playing Hegseth on “SNL” this season to much acclaim from critics and viewers.
The real Hegseth was at a Pentagon prayer service in April when he read the altered version of Ezekiel 25:17 that’s delivered by Samuel L. Jackson’s character in “Pulp Fiction” before he shoots a man. Hegseth said the prayer was recited by the “Sandy 1” Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR) mission in Iran.
Calling on everyone to pray with him, Hegseth then read a prayer that was nearly word-for-word the line delivered by Jackson in Tarantino’s film: “The path of the downed aviator is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he who in the name of camaraderie and duty shepherds the lost through the valley of darkness, for he is truly his brother’s keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to capture and destroy my brother, and you will know my call sign is Sandy 1 when I lay my vengeance upon thee. Amen.”
Watch Jost’s full interview on “The Tonight Show” in the video below.
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A car reportedly drove into a crowd in the northern Italian city of Modena on Saturday, injuring several people.
The vehicle slammed into a store window, and its driver allegedly stabbed a passerby who attempted to intervene, Reuters reported, citing local Italian media.
Mayor Massimo Mezzetti told Italian TV no one was killed but eight people were injured, including four who were in critical condition, according to The Associated Press.
Blood is seen next to a destroyed car on a street of Modena, Italy, Saturday, May 16, 2026. (Lapresse via AP)
He said a woman pinned against a shop window may require the amputation of both legs.
Financial Police patrol a scene after a car incident in a street of Modena, Italy, Saturday, May 16, 2026. (Lapresse via AP)
The driver is a 31-year-old man born in Bergamo and raised in Modena with Maghreb origins, Mezzetti said.
The man was detained and was being questioned at police headquarters as authorities worked to determine whether he was under the influence of substances or acted deliberately, the mayor said.
Mezzetti said the vehicle entered one of the city’s main streets and “drove onto the sidewalk, sending several people flying,” before crashing into the shop window.
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This is a developing story. Please check back for updates. The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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