'LUCKY TO BE ALIVE'

Man, 32, survives after he was stabbed 3 times & then set alight in Lavis

- BY MARSHA DEAN

RESCUED: Man was found beaten and on fire

A 32-YEAR-OLD man is lucky to be alive after he was assaulted, stabbed multiple times, set alight and dumped innie pad in the early hours of yesterday morning in Bishop Lavis.

The victim was stabbed three times — once above his left eye, once in the back of his neck and on the left side of his neck - and was also burned on both his arms, his stomach and back.

The unidentified man was found at around 5am in Jessica Street by a passerby who was able to extinguish the vlamme.