Seven teens have faced court charged with murder over the stabbing deaths of two boys walking home from basketball.

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Chol Achiek, 12, and Dau Akueng, 15, died after being attacked at Cobblebank in Melbourne's outer northwest on September 6.

The youths were ambushed by a group of masked males armed with machetes and other bladed weapons.

Police raided properties in seven suburbs across Melbourne's north and west early on Friday morning, arresting seven teens and interviewing them over the alleged killings.

A Thornhill man, 19, a Sunbury boy, 16, a Hillside boy, 15, and a Sydenham boy, 16, were later charged with Dau's murder.

Police charged

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