Living in FEAR after hammer attack
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Parents say their son is a shadow of his former self since the horrific beating.
The parents of a promising business student fear for his future after a vicious, unprovoked attack by two men armed with a screwdriver and hammer that they say has left him a shell of his former self.
Rui Shu was severely beaten and robbed by two yet-to-be-identified men just metres from his Whangarei home on January 3.
His father Sam Shu told the Herald he fears his son may never fully recover from the attack.
Sam, and Rui's mum, May Zhang, believe their son is suffering post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), as he routinely "shuts all the windows and doors, and closes all the curtains due to fear".
Rui's eyes were cut with the screwdriver, Sam said, and his jaw, cheek, nose and eye sockets broken.
In the student's bag was a passport, bank cards, cash, two laptops and a cellphone.
Zhang said the seemingly random attack has left her son living in pain and fear "every minute, hour after hour, day and night".
"My son stays at home alone with his untreated face and shuts all the windows and doors and closes all the curtains due to fear, while I am working during the day," she said.
"People walk on the street and they have done nothing wrong. Then all of a sudden, they get seriously assaulted, which destroys their well-being for the rest of their lives."
In January, Detective Constable Alistair Todd said the assault was a "horrific, unprovoked attack by two cowards".
"The Whangarei community will not tolerate this type of disgusting behaviour," he said.
THE QUESTION IS - WERE THESE ATTACKERS CAUGHT, ARRESTED AND JAILED?
Sure, the community will not tolerate this type of behavior - TALK IS EASY
