Sydney father fighting for life after stabbing in Colombia

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 14 Oct, 03:03 · Archive

A Sydney father was kidnapped, tortured and stabbed over 25 times in Medellín, Colombia, after attending a music festival.

A Sydney father is fighting for his life in a Colombian hospital after being kidnapped, tortured and stabbed over 25 times in Medellín. According to an online fundraiser launched on his behalf, Frank Stephen Ramirez attended the EDC music festival when he was targeted after leaving the event, forced into a car and repeatedly stabbed.

Ramirez suffered eight wounds to his right thigh and six to his left thigh. Eyewitnesses reported seeing his attackers torture him in an attempt to force him to hand over money. After the assault, he was kicked out of a moving car and left in the street. Colombian police found him and rushed him to a hospital in Medellín, where he remains beginning what is expected to be a long recovery. His family said he is alone in a foreign country, thousands of kilometres from his wife and son in Sydney.

How it is being reported

• Dad fighting for life after being kidnapped and tortured during music festival tripOrganisers of a GoFundMe page to support the dad and his family said the trip was supposed to be a time of celebration, but soon turned into a 'horrific nightmare'The Mirror · 14 Oct, 06:14
• Sydney dad fighting for life after being kidnapped, tortured and stabbed 25 times on horror trip to music festivalA devoted Sydney father is fighting for his life in a Colombian hospital after he was kidnapped, tortured and stabbed more than 25 times following a music festival.Daily Mail · 14 Oct, 01:46

In this story: Frank Stephen Ramirez · Sydney · Medellín · Colombia · EDC music festival

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