An 18-year-old man died near Melton on Friday night after a wild brawl involving about 40 youths.
A 15-year-old boy in hospital has been charged with murder after an 18-year-old man died after being stabbed during a wild brawl in Melbourne’s outer north-west on Friday night.involving about 40 youths, some of whom were brandishing knives.The 18-year-old from Kurunjang was found by police with stab wounds and died at the scene.
A man, 22, and the 15-year-old boy, both from nearby Harkness, presented to hospital with non-life threatening injuries and were placed under police guard.The 22-year-old remains in hospital under police guard, but has not been charged. On Saturday, Acting Superintendent Kelly Walker told reporters that a preliminary investigation indicated the stabbing was allegedly a targeted attack.
Walker said investigators believed the parties were known to each other, and police were concerned by the number of young people involved in the brawl.“We’ve got large groups ... We do have weapons that were reported at the scene … We have a victim, and we have parents now without a child at Christmas.”
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