Overview
- Investigators say the brothers were lured to a reserve off Garretty Road about 5:40pm on December 30 before being set upon by a group of 11 teenagers, with at least one attacker armed with a machete.
- One boy suffered significant slash wounds to his arm and back and had his head stomped, while his brother sustained facial injuries, with police saying one victim likely faces lifelong impacts.
- Seven alleged offenders arrived in a black Ford Ranger with false plates DRY685 and parked in Boathouse Drive, with CCTV showing eight leaving in the ute as three fled on foot toward Lorimer Street.
- Detectives released images of boys aged roughly 15 to 18 and urged anyone who recognizes their distinctive clothing or who has relevant footage, including any circulating video of the attack, to contact Crime Stoppers.
- The case comes as Victoria confronts rising machete incidents and follows a separate Cobblebank case in which eight youths have now been charged with two counts of murder over the September killings of Dau Akueng and Chol Achiek.