Sophia wrote on Jul 21
st, 2025 at 10:04am:
This bs with machete attacks with the types being let out on bail a lot of times…..
Now it’s just out of control! The laws should’ve nipped that behaviour in the bud… but instead, allowed it to keep carrying on as usual. Banning machete sales isn’t the answer.
This unfortunate worker is now losing his arm as a result. How proud are our laws?
Melbourne is plummeting into the pits.
https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSB3W4EyE/ https://www.noticer.news/melbourne-altona-meadows-central-square-machete-robbery...July 20, 2025
The Noticer
A man has lost half of his arm after being hacked with a machete
during a mobile phone robbery at a Melbourne shopping centre.
Victoria Police said the 33-year-old man was pushed to the ground after being approached by a group of males at Central Square Shopping Centre in Altona Meadows at about 8pm on Saturday.
“It is alleged one of the offenders produced an edged weapon and struck the victim’s forearm, initially causing serious injuries. The offenders then fled the area with the victim’s phone,” police said in a statement.
Witnesses told 7 News there was “blood everywhere” and the man’s hand was only partially attached.
The man is now having the lower part of his arm amputated at the Royal Melbourne Hospital.
Police have not released descriptions of the attackers.
The attack comes after Victoria Premier Jacinta Allan controversially banned machetes following a spate of horrifying alleged attacks,
many involving African gangs.