Seven people have been charged following two stabbings in the Melton area on September 4
Emergency services were called to the intersection of Coburns Road and Barries Road in Melton West about 8.30pm where a 15-year-old boy was located with a stab wound to his stomach.
Emergency services also responded to an incident at the intersection of Station Road and Brooklyn Road in Melton South about the same time where another 15-year-old boy and a 17-year-old boy were found with stab wounds to their stomachs.
Police have since interviewed and charged five people.
Three 15-year-old boys from Melton South who have been charged with affray and bailed to appear int he children’s court at a later date
A 15-year-old boy from Brookfield who was charged with affray, a 16-year-old boy from Melton who was charged with affray, assault with a weapon and possess controlled weapon and a 15-year-old boy from Melton South who was charged with intentionally cause serious injury, assault with a weapon and other charges.
All have been bailed and will reappear before the children’s court at a later date.
A 24-year-old Melton South man who was charged with intentionally cause serious injury, assault with a weapon and other charges. He has been remanded in to custody.
