New Delhi, July 27 -- An Indian-origin man in Australia is recovering in hospital after a brutal machete attack by a group of teenagers left him with multiple severe injuries, including a nearly severed hand. The attack took place outside a shopping centre in Melbourne's Altona Meadows suburb on the evening of July 19, the Australian Today reported.

The victim, Saurabh Anand, 33, was walking home after picking up medicine from the Central Square Shopping Centre when he was assaulted by a group of five teenagers in what appears to be a random and violent mugging.

Speaking to The Age from his hospital bed, Anand said he was on a phone call when he noticed movement nearby. Before he could react, one of the boys began rifling through his po...