In Australia, an Indian man was allegedly assaulted by a group of teenagers, who hurled racial abuses at him at a restaurant in Tasmania state. <br/><br/>Li Max Joy, who is pursuing a nursing course and working as a part time taxi driver in Australia, alleged that five people including a girl hurled racial abuses at him and assaulted him up at the McDonald's restaurant at North Hobart. <br/><br/>Thirty-three year-old Joy, who hails from Puthuppally in Kerala's Kottayam district, told PTI that the incident took place when he went to the restaurant for a coffee after returning from a trip. He was admitted to a hospital with bleeding wounds and later reported the matter to police.<br/>'<br/>Joy has been living in Hobart for the last eight years. He has sought intervention of External Affairs Ministry to ensure punishment to the accused.<br/><br/>Earlir, on March 20, an Indian-origin Catholic priest was stabbed in the neck at a church in Melbourne by a man who called him unqualified to say mass as he was an Indian, prompting the Indian consulate to take up the matter with the police.