‘Vampire voters’: Greens volunteer ‘bitten’ outside polling station over election material
Violence has erupted in the battle for the seat of Higgins after police have been asked to investigate an alleged ‘biting’ incident.
On election eve a Greens volunteer was reportedly bitten by a backer of assistant treasurer Kelly O'Dwyer outside a polling station.
Police were informed that the 48-year-old woman was sitting in her stationary vehicle with a friend when two men- both aged in their 60s- approached her car.
The two men allegedly made comments about the election material to the volunteer.
According to Fairfax after one of the volunteers tried to take a photo, a physical altercation occurred during which the female volunteer was bitten, resulting in her having a “sore thumb”.
“We were both pretty shaken, we quickly called the police and went down to Prahran police station and made a statement,” Stonnington Greens branch co-treasurer Michael McCormack, a witness to the incident, told Fairfax.
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"Two men approached us in the car, upset the Greens had put posters and other things up - we're talking the heartland of Liberaldom here," McCormack said.
"I wound down the window and they got aggressive. We had been advised that if we felt threatened by people we should take their photo.
“My fellow Green took out her phone to do that and the guy reached across me and grabbed her and was trying to pull her phone away."
A Victoria Police spokeswoman said the Greens volunteer was allegedly bitten on the hand, before the two men drove off in a white SUV.
The incident occurred outside Armadale Public School on Densham Road at around 9pm.
No arrests have been made and the investigation remains ongoing.
Yahoo7 reached out to Victoria Police Media for comment.
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