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 boy were fatally stabbed in Cobblebank, near Melton, on Saturday night.
Two children have been found dead at separate crime scenes in Melbourne’s west. Credit: Paul Rovere
Emergency services were called to Marble Drive just before 8pm after reports of a person being seriously injured.
They arrived to find a 12-year-old male with critical injuries and started CPR, but the boy died at the scene.
A short time later, police responded to calls about a male with horrific injuries on Cobble Street, which is around the corner.
Treatment was given to the 15-year-old boy, but he also died at th