Vic Melbourne's Sudanese gangs

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People of Indian heritage in Melbourne's outer west say they are living in fear of being targeted by youth gangs after a string of violent attacks on the streets.​
Police have warned residents of Manor Lakes, near Werribee, against taking the law into their own hands after an incident in which members of the community cornered a car full of young people seen driving around the neighbourhood and called triple zero last month. A neighbourhood watch group has since been established.​
Residents and police said tensions between the Indian community and youth gangs began to escalate on September 30 after a local teenager was attacked and his Apple iPhone stolen.​
On October 7, another teenager was attacked as he arrived home from his after-school job and dragged across the driveway of his home. His three attackers fled on foot with the boy's backpack.​
Another victim, a 15-year-old boy, was beaten and robbed in the driveway of his own home as he returned home from work on October 9. Footage of the attack shows three youths kicking and punching the teenager and taking his backpack.​
The trio – aged 14 and 15 – were later charged and one of the boys was released on bail hours later.​
On October 10, a young family was set upon in the street.​
Community member and Manor Lakes resident Chakri Chayanam said locals were at breaking point, with many families too scared to venture outside.​

 

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It's still a big problem.

People of Indian heritage in Melbourne's outer west say they are living in fear of being targeted by youth gangs after a string of violent attacks on the streets.​
Police have warned residents of Manor Lakes, near Werribee, against taking the law into their own hands after an incident in which members of the community cornered a car full of young people seen driving around the neighbourhood and called triple zero last month. A neighbourhood watch group has since been established.​
Residents and police said tensions between the Indian community and youth gangs began to escalate on September 30 after a local teenager was attacked and his Apple iPhone stolen.​
On October 7, another teenager was attacked as he arrived home from his after-school job and dragged across the driveway of his home. His three attackers fled on foot with the boy's backpack.​
Another victim, a 15-year-old boy, was beaten and robbed in the driveway of his own home as he returned home from work on October 9. Footage of the attack shows three youths kicking and punching the teenager and taking his backpack.​
The trio – aged 14 and 15 – were later charged and one of the boys was released on bail hours later.​
On October 10, a young family was set upon in the street.​
Community member and Manor Lakes resident Chakri Chayanam said locals were at breaking point, with many families too scared to venture outside.​


Weird that the ethnicity of the victims is prominent and important, but it's like they have clue as to the ethnicity of the offenders.
 
Weird that the ethnicity of the victims is prominent and important, but it's like they have clue as to the ethnicity of the offenders.

Not saying they are necessarily wrong for not mentioning which ethnic group comprises most of the youth gangs that are committing these crimes in the outer west (there are enough people with poor reasoning skills who would blame all Sudanese for the actions of these cowards), but why does it matter that Indian residents are being targeted if we're all Australians, youth gang members included? Why does the ethnic background of the victims matter but not the offenders? People in the outer west have been talking about this for a long time already, and the victims have always been mostly Indian and Chinese. The issue has been ignored, played down and talked around for years. Does it have to take a "save the Indians" angle to get serious about this type of crime?
 
It's still a big problem.

People of Indian heritage in Melbourne's outer west say they are living in fear of being targeted by youth gangs after a string of violent attacks on the streets.​
Police have warned residents of Manor Lakes, near Werribee, against taking the law into their own hands after an incident in which members of the community cornered a car full of young people seen driving around the neighbourhood and called triple zero last month. A neighbourhood watch group has since been established.​
Residents and police said tensions between the Indian community and youth gangs began to escalate on September 30 after a local teenager was attacked and his Apple iPhone stolen.​
On October 7, another teenager was attacked as he arrived home from his after-school job and dragged across the driveway of his home. His three attackers fled on foot with the boy's backpack.​
Another victim, a 15-year-old boy, was beaten and robbed in the driveway of his own home as he returned home from work on October 9. Footage of the attack shows three youths kicking and punching the teenager and taking his backpack.​
The trio – aged 14 and 15 – were later charged and one of the boys was released on bail hours later.​
On October 10, a young family was set upon in the street.​
Community member and Manor Lakes resident Chakri Chayanam said locals were at breaking point, with many families too scared to venture outside.​


 

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