Families Terrified After Boys Stabbed to Death in Melbourne

Mourners honour beloved boys killed in violent Melbourne attack

Community leaders call for justice for 12-year-old Chol Achiek and 15-year-old Dau Akueng, who were murdered in what investigators say may have been a case of mistaken identity.

Machete deaths spark calls for law reform

One state’s leader has been accused of going “missing in action” as a bitter row erupts over bail laws and a controversial strategy after two boys’ violent deaths.

Families terrified after boys stabbed to death in Melbourne

The stabbing deaths of two boys in Melbourne’s west has prompted families to feel so unsafe they are sending their children to school in Africa.

‘Enough Is Enough’: Victorian Leaders Respond After 2 Children Killed in Machete Attack

Victorian Opposition leader Brad Battin has declared “enough is enough” after two Sudanese children were killed in a machete attack in Melbourne. Two boys, 12-year-old Chol Achiek and 15-year-old Dau Akueng, were fatally stabbed by a masked gang of up to eight armed attackers. “Victorians have been shocked by the weekend’s fatal machete attack on two children as they made their way home from a basketball game,” Battin said on X.  “Against a gang…

Meme may have sparked deadly machete attack on two boys in Melbourne

Chol Achiek, 12, and Dau Akueng, 15, both died at the scene in Cobblebank on Saturday evening.

Melbourne Teens Killed In Stabbing May Have Been Targeted Over A Meme

Police are investigating whether the fatal machete attack that killed two Melbourne boys, aged 12 and 15, in Cobblebank over the weekend was triggered by an online meme. Three sources who spoke to The Age suggest the meme may be connected to last year’s stabbing death of a youth gang member, but police say the victims, Chol Achiek and Dau Akueng, had no involvement with gangs, and are treating the crime as mistaken identity within the cont…