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A teenage boy has been hospitalised with serious injuries after being attacked by a gang after school in Melbourne\u2019s south-eastern suburbs on Monday.<\/p>\n
The 15-year-old victim, an Alkira Secondary College student, was stabbed in a park near the Cranbourne North school at about 3.20pm.<\/p>\n
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A shopping strip in Cranbourne North, in the same suburb as the park attack.<\/p>\n
Police were still searching for multiple people involved on Tuesday morning, after the group fled the scene on foot.<\/p>\n
The alleged offenders were not believed to be students from the public secondary college.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is understood a group of teenagers had an altercation before a boy was stabbed in a park on Sabel Drive,\u201d a police spokesperson said.<\/p>\n
\u201cA crime scene is in place and officers are searching for the outstanding offenders.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ambulance Victoria\u2019s Mobile Intensive Care Ambulance (MICA) and Advanced Life Support (ALS) paramedics treated the teenager on Monday.<\/p>\n
A spokesperson said he had been transported to hospital in a serious condition after sustaining injuries to his upper body.<\/p>\n
Alkira College was providing wellbeing support to those involved in the incident on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
An Education Department spokesperson said the assault occurred outside the school and after school hours.<\/p>\n
More to come.<\/p>\n
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