Overview

• Police charged four teenagers for the machete slashing of a 33-year-old man at Central Square Shopping Centre in Altona Meadows, which led to a partial arm amputation.
• Two 15-year-olds and a 14-year-old from Hobsons Bay face counts including intentionally causing serious injury, robbery and unlawful assault after allegedly attacking the victim and stealing his phone.
• A separate 14-year-old from Wyndham was remanded to appear before a children’s court as investigators search for a fifth individual believed to be involved in the Altona Meadows incident.
• Victoria Police continue a manhunt for the offender who critically stabbed a 17-year-old at Broadmeadows Central Shopping Centre over the weekend.
• Officers employed expanded stop-and-search powers on Monday night to Taser and arrest a 43-year-old man carrying a hunting knife in a Coolaroo commercial precinct.