Two youth gangs linked to a third of deaths on Melbourne’s streets

Up to 30 boys and young men have died in a wave of attacks linked to Melbourne street gangs in the past five years.

‘Hallmarks of youth gang crime’: Two children dead in horrific Melbourne machete attack, cops hunt suspected ‘gang members’

Police allege as many as eight masked men, believed to be gang members with machetes, are responsible for the deaths of the two boys overnight in what they call a likely case of “mistaken identity”.

Carjackings are surging in Victoria, with nine incidents reported every week

Carjackings are surging in Victoria with the frightening crime surging by 36 per cent in the last year, as young criminals ...
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A woman smashed her way into a Melbourne clothing store. Bystanders watched passively

A young woman who smashed her way into a clothing boutique, while bystanders stood by watching, has become the face of a violent shoplifting crimewave sweeping Victoria.

Two children stabbed to death in Melbourne’s west after suspected youth gang attack

Two boys have been stabbed to death in Melbourne’s west in what is suspected to be a targeted, youth-gang attack. Homicide Squad detectives are on the scene after a 12-year-old boy and a 15-year-old ...

Four teenage boys arrested after car chase through Melbourne, pedestrian struck

Police say they've arrested four teenage boys in Melbourne's CBD after chasing them from Doncaster in the city's east.