Ten Men Found Guilty of 2020 Murder in Brisbane Park Attack

The Supreme Court ruled the murder was a planned retaliation, with two defendants acquitted of all charges.

Ten of the twelve defendants were convicted of murder in the fatal stabbing of 19-year-old Girum Mekonnen in a 2020 attack at O'Callaghan Park in Zillmere, Brisbane.
The group was found to have acted with a shared intent to inflict serious harm, following a planned retaliation for an earlier assault on one of the defendants' brothers.
Weapons including bats, knives, and machetes were used in the attack, which also resulted in other charges such as assault and unlawful wounding against the convicted men.
The court could not determine which individual inflicted the fatal stab wound but ruled all guilty parties were complicit in the common unlawful purpose of the attack.
Two defendants, Yohana Wal Wal and Malat Akoi Makuach, were acquitted after the judge found insufficient evidence of their involvement in the planned violence.