By FairfaxMedia
Three people were injured when up to eight offenders stormed their house in a violent home invasion in Kurunjang
Police say seven or eight offenders are on the run after the aggravated burglary at a home on Bronton Close in Kurunjang on Thursday about 1.45am.
Armed with a machete, hammer, pole, ‘Taser’ and a baseball bat, the group assaulted two male residents before fleeing the home.
A third resident tripped and fell as she tried to escape.
One neighbour, who did not wish to be named, said he heard noises last night but no big commotion.
“We heard people talking [and] doors shutting but didn’t think it was anything bad. When we first moved in April, there was a big fight that happened [out the front of that house] and it was our very first night so we were like, ‘What did we get into?'” he told The Age.
He said his family had only lived in Kurunjang for a few months, and safety was a big concern.
“My partner’s brother lives down the road and there was another burglary that happened there too. So we don’t really know if we want to stay here or move somewhere else,” he said.
Another Bronton Close resident, Navin Sawkar, said he had moved to Kurunjang several years ago with his young family because it was one of the only suburbs where he could afford to buy property.
But he said he worried constantly about crime in the suburb and reading the news makes him anxious.
“I do worry, when I hear the news… something has to be done. This is a bit of a remote area, there is no shops,” he said.
“The other thing is police take a long time to come here, they take a long time.”
By Simone Fox Koob, The Age
