A string of violent assaults were reported in Melbourne over the weekend, as the public reels from the tragic death of university student Joshua Hardy.


On Friday night, a 24-year-old Rowville man was reportedly bashed by a group of men outside The Stamford hotel in Melbourne's south east.


The victim, Dan Hill, told Channel 9 the gang who attacked him were relentless.


"These people just kept going and going. I didn't think it was going to end," Mr Hill said. "It's just a dog act."