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Families flee machete-wielding mob as savage gang fight erupts at suburban shopping centre in fresh outbreak of terrifying violence
2024-04-16
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Terrified parents have fled a Melbourne shopping centre with their children after a bloody fight broke out between a group of machete-wielding youths.

The group clashed inside the Woodgrove Shopping Centre at Melton in Melbourne's north-west at about 5pm on Monday.

Witnesses claim those involved, who were described as teenagers and Sudanese, were armed with a variety of weapons and were seen waving knives and throwing chairs during the melee.

Victoria Police launched an investigation into the incident after a 15-year-old boy was found injured inside the complex before being taken to hospital.

Two boys, a 15-year-old from Melton South and a 16-year-old from Harkness were arrested on Tuesday and are being interviewed by police.

The 16-year-old has been charged with affray, possessing a prohibited weapon and being armed with criminal intent. He is set to face a children's court on Tuesday afternoon.

Police will charge the 15-year-old with affray, possessing a controlled weapon and being armed with criminal intent and then will be directly presented to a children’s court.

The boy who remains in hospital will be interviewed about the incident once he is released.
Posted by:Skidmark

#12  /\ Let me guess Wholing, your parents saw the inevitable approaching in their native land ?
Posted by: Besoeker   2024-04-16 18:26  

#11  When myself and my parents moved to Sydney in 1971 (I had just turned 12) Australia did not allow African Blacks to immigrate. Maybe they should have never relaxed that policy.
Posted by: Wholing Omoluper6299   2024-04-16 16:30  

#10  Now we need to outlaw not only knives but chairs!
Posted by: Glenmore   2024-04-16 15:35  

#9  Sometimes I play a game where I try to geo-locate an event just from the headline. In this case, in order of probability, it was Rwanda, Minneapolis and South LA. Melbourne was not even on the radar.
Posted by: SteveS   2024-04-16 12:42  

#8  Gang on gang. Pass the popcorn.
Posted by: Beldar+Uneter3543   2024-04-16 11:41  

#7  When seconds count, the police are only minutes away...
Posted by: M. Murcek   2024-04-16 11:19  

#6  Just remember: No Civilians Should Have Firearms!
The Authorities will protect you (maybe).
Posted by: ed in texas   2024-04-16 11:13  

#5  How about deportations all around?
Posted by: Bobby   2024-04-16 10:35  

#4  That’s not a knife…
Posted by: Super Hose   2024-04-16 10:24  

#3  A chainsaw bayonet could have stopped this cold.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2024-04-16 09:39  

#2  What?!? No hysterical demands to ban machetes or even assault machetes?
Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839   2024-04-16 09:38  

#1  Montagues and Capulets?
Posted by: Procopius2k   2024-04-16 07:16  

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