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WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT: Shocking video shows a terrified teenager being harassed, insulted and beaten on the streets of Australia’s second-largest city, before thugs boasted about the attack on social media.
- Shocking footage shows teenager attacked by Victorian youth gang on Friday
- The teenager was attacked by three gang members at Berwick station.
- A young gang member is filmed kicking him in the head in the ruthless attack
- One then bragged about the attack online, while another posed with machetes.
Horrifying footage shows a boy being brutally attacked by a youth gang in south-east Melbourne before members bragged about it on social media.
The sight was recorded at the Berwick station bus interchange and was uploaded to social media shortly after 3pm on Friday.
The footage shows a teenager being mercilessly attacked by three gang members from Berwick and Cranbourne, believed to be in their early to mid-teens.
When the boy tries to run away, he stumbles and falls to the ground.
A gang member then mercilessly kicks him in the head.
Horrifying footage shows a boy being brutally and mercilessly attacked by a youth gang in South East Melbourne.
The footage shows a teenager being attacked by three gang members from Berwick and Cranbourne, believed to be in their early to mid-teens.
The gang members involved in the attack later bragged about kicking the boy in the head on social media.
‘How does my foot look?’ wrote one member with a laughing emoji.
Another shared images of him and another teenager holding machetes.
Victoria Police could not confirm whether the force was investigating Friday’s attack.
The sight was recorded at the Berwick station bus interchange and was uploaded to social media shortly after 3pm on Friday.
As the boy tries to run away, he stumbles and falls to the ground before a gang member mercilessly kicks him in the head. Then a member bragged about the attack online.
The assault comes a week after 18-year-old Hashim Mohamed was killed in a brutal knife attack in St Kilda.
Following the teen’s death, African leader Hanad Hersi said the streets of Melbourne were “full of blood”.
“We really need to start asking really hard questions about what’s really going on,” Hersi said.
‘What is happening to our youth? When did this level of violence start to be okay?
‘When was it okay to take a life? They are children, being killed for what? Our little children drop like flies.
Police have yet to charge anyone in the deadly attack.
Hashim Mohamed, 18, poses in front of a car after passing his P plate test. He was killed in a brutal knife attack in St Kilda.
Police rescuers who rushed to the scene tried to save Hashim Mohamed’s life. He was rushed to the hospital but later died.
Youth gangs remain a main focal point of the Victoria Police, with a crackdown on gang crime ongoing.
From November 24 to 27, as part of Operation Alliance, Victoria Police arrested more than 30 young gang members in the Melbourne metropolitan area.
The police launched Operation Alianza in September 2020, a state operation aimed at disrupting and dismantling youth gangs.
Acting Assistant Commissioner Mark Galliott said collaborative efforts by law enforcement are breaking the cycle of recidivism.
“We will maintain a concentrated and combined focus on those who seek to commit violent crimes and endanger the safety of the rest of the community,” he said.
“However, we know that arrests and court hearings are only one strategy to reduce juvenile delinquency and that the police also play a role in breaking the cycle of recidivism and diverting these people from a life of crime.
“In a welcome sign, we continue to see increased compliance with bail conditions by those connected to youth gangs, which is a positive behavior change.”