Braybrook College student is chased by machete-wielding thugs in Melbourne as teachers tell pupils to hide in classrooms
- Student chased by two attackers
- The pair were carrying machetes
- Students confronted by shocking scenes
Shocking footage has emerged of a teen being chased by a pair of machete-wielding thugs as horrified students at a nearby school watched on.
The terrifying moment was caught on camera as it unfolded on Churchill Avenue at Braybrook, in Melbourne‘s west, on Friday afternoon.
The 15-year-old was seen sprinting away from the armed individuals who were brandishing the large knives threateningly, as they gave chase.
Two attackers wielding Machetes chased after a teenager in Melbourne’s west on Friday afternoon, as horrified school students from nearby Caroline Chisolm Christian College watched on
The dramatic scene unfolded in front of students from the nearby Caroline Chisolm Christian College as they were making their way out of the school.
Staff at the school could be heard telling students in the video to get back inside the school building.
‘Everyone inside please. Inside please,’ a female staff member said.
Students were forced to take cover inside as the boy and his attackers made their way past on the opposite street.
A Victoria Police spokesman told Daily Mail Australia the teenager managed to escape his attackers.
‘The males said something to the boy before they produced machetes and threatened the victim,’ the spokesman said.
‘The boy ran from the offenders and was chased for a short distance before the offenders gave up and ran off towards Sunshine Railway Station.’
The teenage boy is believed to be a student at Braybrook College.
One of the attackers ditched a machete in the front yard of a home nearby on Ravenhall Street.
Police retrieved the 40 centimetre blade on Saturday morning.
Local resident Corrinna Cassar told 9News youth crime is becoming more common in the area following a spate of knife attacks.
Victoria Police collected one of the blades the attackers ditched in the front yard of a nearby home
The latest incident is one of many in the last few months, after another teenager was stabbed to death by two schoolboys in May outside of a bus stop.
‘It’s these gangs that are coming around and picking on innocent kids,’ she said.
‘It’s not just Chisholm, it’s everywhere.’
The latest incident comes after Braybrook College was hit by several incidents of violence with locals saying the school was plunged into lockdown three times in the last two months.
In May, another teenager was killed by two school boys who were also carrying machetes.
Sixteen-year-old Pasawm Lyhym, a former student at the school, was allegedly stabbed to death near Sunshine Station.
Daily Mail Australia is not suggesting the two incidents are related.
No arrests have been made. Police are still investigating the matter.
Anyone with information has been urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
