{"id":58110,"date":"2025-08-10T17:25:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-10T17:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/58110\/"},"modified":"2025-08-10T17:25:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-10T17:25:10","slug":"teenager-attacked-by-six-men-armed-with-machetes-at-werribee-plaza-shopping-centre-southwest-melbourne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/58110\/","title":{"rendered":"Teenager attacked by six men armed with machetes at Werribee Plaza shopping centre, southwest Melbourne"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">A teenager has been allegedly attacked by six men armed with machetes in a shopping centre.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">The incident targeting the 14-year-old occurred at Werribee Plaza on Heaths Rd in Hoppers Crossing, in <a class=\"css-1lg16vp-StyledTextLink ezegcyi0\" data-link-type=\"article-inline\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/7news.com.au\/news\/melbourne\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Melbourne\u2019s<\/a> southwest, about 4.40pm on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">The boy was rushed to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-178igh4-StyledParagraph e1s06mna1\">Know the news with the 7NEWS app: <a class=\"css-cvgehw-StyledContextualLink e1s06mna0\" href=\"https:\/\/7news.com.au\/app?utm_source=7NEWS&amp;utm_medium=contextual-link-app&amp;utm_campaign=7news-app\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Download today <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/7news.com.au\/static\/media\/right-red-arrow.92bca5db.svg\" alt=\"Download today\" height=\"14\" width=\"20\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">Police said the six offenders fled the scene in a black Hyundai i30 sedan and remain at large as of Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">The investigation is ongoing.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/0c4bd32ff03ab9e3fffadef0984774627f835e9f.png\" alt=\"The boy was rushed to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.\" class=\"css-16r7l45-StyledImage en5ut4d0\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>The boy was rushed to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Credit: 7NEWS<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1498ea6a287a395f90a608185465cf60666f636d.png\" alt=\"The six offenders fled the scene in a black Hyundai i30 sedan.\" class=\"css-16r7l45-StyledImage en5ut4d0\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>The six offenders fled the scene in a black Hyundai i30 sedan. Credit: 7NEWS<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">Local residents said they are \u201cutterly fed up\u201d with the violence and what they see as weak government action on machetes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">\u201cThey say, \u2018Oh, we\u2019ve made a law that they\u2019re not allowed to buy machetes.\u2019 Big deal \u2014 they don\u2019t have to buy them, they\u2019ve got them already,\u201d one resident told 7NEWS.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">While it is <a class=\"css-1lg16vp-StyledTextLink ezegcyi0\" data-link-type=\"article-inline\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/7news.com.au\/news\/victorian-premier-jacinta-allan-brings-forward-ban-on-machete-sales-following-violent-weekend--c-18814775\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">currently illegal to sell machetes in Victoria<\/a>, the ban on possessing them will not come into effect until September 1.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">Just two days before the alleged attack, a brawl broke out in the same shopping centre.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">In that incident, two people were hospitalised after a knife fight inside JD Sports on Thursday night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">Anyone with information is urged to contact Crime Stoppers.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/467e13692e7ba2e5ba777d3f726480ed166bb691.png\" alt=\"A brawl broke out in the same shopping centre on Thursday.\" class=\"css-16r7l45-StyledImage en5ut4d0\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>A brawl broke out in the same shopping centre on Thursday. 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