In another vicious attack against Indians in Australia, a 12-year-old student was bullied and brutally punched in the face and had to undergo a surgery to reconstruct his eye socket. The boy, who asked not to be named, told ‘The Age’ newspaper that two 8 year old boys, whom he did not know, came up behind him at lunchtime on October 18 outside the school co-coordinator’s office at Carwatha College in Noble Park in Melbourne. The boy's father said his family has been so traumatised by the bashing that he is considering returning to Goa. He said his son had to have a titanium plate inserted under his eye and he feared there would be permanent damage. Meanwhile, an Indian community leader has asked Victorian government to step-up security in local schools after the attack. Over 100 incidents of attacks on Indians, including racial, have come to light since May last year in Australia. 21-year-old student Nitin Garg, who was stabbed to death here, was the first victim of such assaults this year.