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Four high school teens charged after 18-year-old was allegedly stabbed in the face at a train station
- Four teenage boys charged after 18-year-old was allegedly stabbed on Saturday
- They were arrested near the overpass under which the young man was attacked
- Victim of attack at Lilydale station was taken to hospital with facial injuries
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Four teens have been charged after stabbing an 18-year-old at a busy train station.
The boys have been accused of assaulting the young man at Lilydale train station, under Maroondah Highway, in Melbourne, just after midnight on Saturday.
Protective services agents intervened in the conflict before the boys reportedly tried to flee.
An 18-year-old man was stabbed just after midnight on Saturday under an overpass at Lilydale train station (pictured) by a group of 16 and 17-year-olds.
They were then quickly caught and arrested by nearby officers.
The 18-year-old Gruyere man was taken to hospital with serious facial injuries after the alleged attack.
Yarra Ranges Crime Investigation Unit detectives charged the boys early this morning.
The two 16-year-olds and two 17-year-olds were all charged with recklessly causing serious injury, intentionally causing injury and other crimes related to violence.
“It is alleged that a group of teenagers was involved in an attack and stabbed a man shortly after midnight under the overpass on the Maroondah Highway,” the Victoria Police Department said in a statement.
The boys appear at a children’s court at a later date.
Police found the alleged attackers who tried to flee nearby to the train station, the victim was taken to hospital with serious facial injuries