An Australian father is fighting for his life in a Colombian hospital after being attacked while attending a music festival. Frank Stephen Ramirez had travelled to Medellín, Colombia, to attend an EDC music festival.
Organisers of a GoFundMe page set up to support Mr Ramirez and his family said the trip turned into a “horrific nightmare” after he was kidnapped. “It was supposed to be a time of joy, music, and celebration. Instead, it became a horrific nightmare that has shattered our world,” the GoFundMe page reads. “After the event, Frank was targeted in a brutal and senseless act of violence. He was kidnapped, shoved into the back of a car, and brutally stabbed over 25 times.”
Details of the attack
“Eyewitnesses have reported that these monsters were torturing him, trying to force him to give them as much money as possible. When they were done, they kicked him out of a moving car and left him in the street to die like he was nothing.”
The father and husband sustained eight wounds to his right thigh and six to his left. He was found by Colombian police and rushed to hospital in Medellín.
Recovery and support
“By a miracle, the police found him just in time. He was rushed directly to a hospital in Medellín, where he remains, fighting for his life and beginning the long, painful process of recovery,” the fundraiser organisers wrote. “His body is covered in horrific injuries from the attack. He is all alone in a foreign country, thousands of miles from his family, facing this unimaginable trauma by himself.”
Money raised by the GoFundMe page will be used to fly Mr Ramirez’s wife to Colombia, cover his mounting medical expenses and support the family while he is unable to work. He is described as a devoted father and a loving and dedicated husband.
“Frank is alone, terrified, and in critical condition,” the organisers said.
