Baby who had scalding hot coffee poured over him by a stranger at a Brisbane park reaches big milestone as parents reveal the unanswered questions they have for police

A baby boy who suffered severe burns after a stranger filled a thermos with hot coffee has returned to the scene of the horrific incident.

Little Luka was on a picnic with his mother and friends at Hanlon Park in Coorparoo, Brisbane on August 27 when an unknown man approached the group.

He poured coffee over Luka before fleeing. It is believed he has since left the country.

Luka was rushed to Queensland Children’s Hospital, where he underwent multiple surgeries.

Four weeks later, he is 10 months old and has been given a junior police uniform by the detectives investigating his case to celebrate this milestone.

After his recent release from the hospital, Luka returned to the park with his parents and older sister on Thursday, where he played to his heart’s content on the swings and slide.

His parents have again called on police to share more information with the public about their son’s attacker, who reportedly fled Australia a day after the incident.

“We just want some assurance that we’re on the right track, and that (the offender) is going to be caught,” Luka’s father said. Seven news.

Luka returned to the park on Thursday for the first time since the grueling ordeal

“How do they plan to get him back? And if they know where he is in that specific country, is that country cooperating with us?”

After a difficult month, Luka and his family move to a new house.

“He’s really strong, resilient and brave,” his mother said.

His father added: ‘We can’t believe how well he’s doing. He’s so happy and he’s reaching all his milestones.’

Queensland police are keeping mum about the case and what they know about the attacker’s possible whereabouts.

“We have to strike a balance between our investigative strategies and the need for the community to be aware of what is happening,” said Acting Commissioner Shane Chelepy.

Luka recently received a special gift from detectives investigating his case

Worldwide manhunt for man who threw hot coffee on little Luka

Professor Donald Rothwell, a specialist in international law at the Australian National University, recently warned that the suspect could be “difficult to find” as he fled the country within days of the incident.

Professor Rothwell warned the case may never be solved as the foreigner had already left Sydney Airport the day before police identified him on August 31.

“If someone doesn’t want to be found – and often they don’t want to be found because they’ve fled Australia, because they’re a suspect or a fugitive in these kinds of cases – then it can be very difficult to find them,” Professor Rothwell told the ABC.

He added that unless the man comes forward voluntarily, there is nothing detectives can do to have him extradited back to Queensland.

Professor Rothwell added that numerous factors, such as the man’s notoriety and his current whereabouts, could pose obstacles to the “legal and political process that needs to be followed”.

The extradition process “can be challenging and time-consuming” for police, he added.