Seven teenagers have been charged with murder after the stabbing deaths of 15-year-old Dau Akueng and 12-year-old Chol Achiek in Cobblebank in Melbourne’s west earlier this month.

The seven males, aged between 15 and 19, were arrested on Friday morning after raids on homes in Melbourne’s north and west by homicide squad detectives. They were interviewed by police before charges were laid in the afternoon.

A 19-year-old Thornhill man, a 16-year-old Sunbury boy, a 16-year-old Sydenham boy and a 15-year-old Hillside boy were charged with the murder of Dau.

A 19-year-old Caroline Springs man, an 18-year-old Wollert man and a 16-year-old Sydenham boy were charged with the murder of Chol.

The three adults fronted Melbourne magistrates court on Friday afternoon. They did not apply for bail

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