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Remove items from your saved list<\/a> to add more.<\/p>\n AAA<\/p>\n A man has died in hospital six days after two men allegedly assaulted him in a park next to a primary school in Melbourne\u2019s southeast.<\/p>\n Police allege the men in their twenties – one of no fixed address and one a local – attacked the man at Strathaird Reserve, Narre Warren South, around 3.15pm on Friday last week.<\/p>\n The reserve backs onto Strathaird Primary School, and the alleged assault occurred as students left for the day.<\/p>\n In a statement, the Department of Education confirmed members of the school\u2019s community had witnessed the incident.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are aware of a distressing incident that occurred in Strathaird Reserve near Strathaird Primary School on Friday 12 June, and our immediate focus is on supporting the school community,\u201d a spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \u201cThe safety and wellbeing of students and staff is always our priority. Those who witnessed the incident have been offered wellbeing support and the school is working closely with families.\u201d<\/p>\n The victim, a 63-year-old from Clyde North, was taken to hospital with critical injuries, and died this morning.<\/p>\n A 21-year-old man of no fixed address was arrested on Saturday and a 22-year-old Narre Warren South man on Monday. Both were charged with recklessly causing serious injury before the man\u2019s death today.<\/p>\n \u201cDetectives from the Homicide Squad will assume primacy of the investigation and will consider alternate charges following the results of a postmortem,\u201d police said in a statement on Thursday, adding that they believed the attack was not random.<\/p>\n The investigation remains ongoing.<\/p>\n Be the first to know when major news happens. Sign up for breaking news alerts<\/a> on email or turn on notifications in the app.<\/p>\n Save<\/p>\n You have reached your maximum number of saved items.<\/p>\n![\"The](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/eeb6e694dd188a81632afc475ad7bf52fca7834e99105d1182d8e7970295e882.jpeg\")
The reserve where the man received his injuries backs onto Strathaird Primary School.Strathaird Primary School<\/p>\n