A man was viciously beaten in front of his wife and two young daughters in an attack that police say was fuelled by road rage, leaving him with multiple fractures to his face and a brain hemorrhage.

The attack took place Sunday in the parking lot of Mississauga Valley Community Centre and Library, following a family picnic.

Muhammed Abu Marzouk, 39, of Mississauga, is recovering after surgery at St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto, said the victim’s younger brother, Ahmed.

“They had to cut his skull open,” he said. “My heart breaks for him and his family.”

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The incident occurred just before 9:30 p.m. when Abu Marzouk was leaving the parking lot with his family after a picnic near the community centre.

He backed out of his parking spot and hit a passing car, said the younger brother.

Abu Marzouk got out of the vehicle and his younger brother alleges that two men began to attack him — punching and kicking him repeatedly while his wife, two young daughters, aged six and four, and other family members looked on in horror.

“You don’t keep kicking a man when he’s down laying in the ground in a pool of his own blood,” Ahmed said. “You don’t keep kicking a man’s wife trying to cover her husband’s head laying on the ground.”

Police were called to a disturbance in the area that ended up being a violent incident sparked by road rage, Peel Const. Sarah Patten said.

“It was a fight in a parking lot,” she said. “Two males assaulted a victim.”

Police made two arrests nearby.

Abu Marzouk’s wife, 30, and a relative, a 49-year-old Toronto man, suffered minor injuries.

Ahmed said his older brother remains in hospital in the neurology unit.

“The next day or two is going to be critical,” he said, not knowing if his brother will survive or be brain damaged from the assault.

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Adam and Janis Corhamzic, age 27 and 19, two brothers from Brampton, are each charged with aggravated assault and two counts of assault.

Anyone with information can call police at 905-453-2121, ext. 1233 or Peel Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-8477.