Knife-wielding attackers filmed their teenage victim as he lay bleeding and unconscious on the ground, while a heroic, blood-soaked Samaritan tried to save his life.
The boy, 17 years old, was robbed in a car park behind a Coles supermarket in the CS Square shopping centreThursday evening in Caroline Springs, a western suburb of Melbourne.
He suffered injuries to his upper body the brutal attack.
An ambulance rushed the boy to the Royal Melbourne Hospital, where he remained in a critical condition on Friday.
The man who went to the aid of the stabbed boy said the attackers stood by heartlessly as the victim bled on the concrete. Some filmed the horrific scene on their phones, but only one person offered aid to the fallen teenager.
The man said the Herald Sun He feared the boy would die as he desperately held his head off the ground.
“He was conscious intermittently throughout the entire process. I was just trying to keep him awake and alive,” the man said.
‘From the wounds I saw, I could tell it (a weapon) was something big. It wasn’t a kitchen knife or a household knife, it definitely looked like a machete.
A boy, reportedly aged 17, was stabbed by a group of about 10 knife-wielding assailants in the car park of a shopping centre in Melbourne’s west (pictured: blood-stained clothing at the crime scene)
“There was blood everywhere, on me.”
‘I saw so many people standing there, so many people who didn’t help anyone, except for one person.’
He described the victim and most of the teenagers who attacked him as black.
It is believed the attackers fled in a car through the boot of Coles.
Uniformed police officers and detectives remained on the scene until late in the evening.
Police and ambulance were called to the CS Square shopping centre around 5:15pm on Thursday
Uniformed and plainclothes officers remained on the scene late into the night to collect evidence
“Detectives are still trying to establish the circumstances surrounding the incident and inquiries are ongoing, but it is believed the offenders have left the area,” a Victoria Police statement said.
Officers searched for witnesses to the bloodshed and spoke to local business owners and shoppers.
The incident was reportedly captured on CCTV and police will use the footage as part of their investigation.
Anyone with information should contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.