The boy is tonight fighting for his life in hospital.
A witness described how he tried to keep a teenager alive after he was attacked by two people armed with a machete at a busy shopping centre in west Melbourne.in Caroline Springs about 5.15pm yesterday.READ MORE:
A witness described how he tried to keep a teenager alive after he was attacked by two people armed with a machete at a busy shopping centre in west Melbourne. As he fell to the ground, they kept attacking before making their getaway towards Commercial Road."He was in and out of consciousness," a witness told 9News."I was just trying to keep him awake, and keep him alive."
The teenager suffered horrific life-threatening injuries to his hand, head and torso and was taken to the Royal Melbourne Hospital.Police have interviewed the dozen of witnesses and scoured through footage provided by the shopping centre. "We don't like our kids to go out, it's pretty scary," one parent told 9News.
"They're making threats that they're going to get their gang friends who are going to sort them out and hurt them," another said.Some business owners now plan to step up security, one saying he will walk staff to their cars at night.Police have interviewed the dozen of witnesses and scoured through footage provided by the shopping centre.Continue reading
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