Overview

• Detectives arrested seven males aged 15 to 19 in coordinated dawn raids across Melbourne’s north‑west with assistance from the VIPER taskforce.
• A 19-year-old from Thornhill Park, two 16-year-old boys and a 15-year-old boy are charged with murdering 15-year-old Dau Akueng.
• A 19-year-old from Caroline Springs, an 18-year-old from Wollert and a 16-year-old boy are charged with murdering 12-year-old Chol Achiek.
• Adults Prince Conteh, Peter Addo and Abel Sorzor were remanded in the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court to 12 December, with four juveniles remanded in the Children’s Court to 16 February.
• Police say the homicide investigation continues, with extra patrols in Cobblebank and ongoing appeals for information after the reported machete attacks on boys walking home from basketball.