12 months of terror: The Coward Punch violence killing our young men

THIS is a national tragedy.

2013 was another year of senseless violence on our nation's streets and most of it was fuelled by alcohol.

Despite the well-publicised tragedy of Thomas Kelly, 18, killed in 2012 out on his first night on the town, the king-hit assaults continued this year.

In NSW, there are more police fighting the war on alcohol than there are troops left fighting the war on terror in Afghanistan, reports the Daily Telegraph.

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