Union boss slashed in face

May 19 2006

EXCLUSIVE by Neil Hodgson, Liverpool Echo

A LEADING trade unionist was slashed in a knife attack in front of his two young daughters in their Merseyside home. Anti-racist campaigner and left wing activist Alec McFadden was almost blinded in the attack, and was cut in his head, arms and wrists as he tried to fend off the knifeman. His daughters, aged nine and 13, watched in horror as he was slashed with a craft knife, spraying blood on the door and hall of his Wirral home. The 59-year-old believes racists are behind the attack, as he has received death threats before. Story continues ADVERTISEMENT He said: "He missed my eye by half an inch. The doctors say I am lucky." Mr McFadden is president of the Merseyside Trades Councils and a champion of minority groups. He was a driving force behind the ECHO's Bully-busters campaign to set up a free helpline for victims of school bullying. He was attacked at 9.30pm after hearing banging on his door.

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