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Photos have emerged of a nine-month-old baby moments before and after a stranger poured boiling coffee over him, causing burns to 60 per cent of his body and leaving his mother traumatised.
The young bub was at a picnic with his mum and friends at Hanlon Park in Coorparoo in Brisbane when an unknown man approached the group at about midday on Tuesday.
He poured a thermos of coffee over the baby before fleeing the scene. He remained on the run on Wednesday night.
A photo taken shortly before the incident shows the baby sitting on a rug happily playing with a toy truck.
Heartbreaking footage has also emerged of the baby in hospital afterwards, wrapped in bandages and screaming in pain.
The baby's mother became emotional as she relived the harrowing ordeal.
'It's torture and I'm supposed to be his protector and I couldn't protect him,' she told Nine News.
Queensland Police are working to identify an unknown man (pictured) who was seen running from the Brisbane park after the attack
'Bub is in a stable condition. He's had burns to his face, neck, chest and arms, and they say that he'll need regular dressing changes under anaesthetic over the next weeks.'
An off-duty nurse reportedly heard screams from her nearby residence and ran to the park to help the young boy.
She told
7News the mother was yelling 'my baby, my baby'.
Heartbreaking footage emerges of baby after coffee attack in park
