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Melbourne beachgoers at Chelsea foreshore attacked, robbed by group of youths
A group of youths in Melbourne has been accused of attacking male beachgoers and stealing from the bags of swimmers in a series of incidents which have prompted police to increase patrols.
Police were last night called to Chelsea beach, in Melbourne's south-east, where the group is alleged to have assaulted five men, one with a glass bottle and others with a yellow plastic cricket bat around 9:30pm.
Police said the group — whose members were described as being of African appearance and aged in their late teens and early 20s — "approached" the unattended belongings of swimmers on the beach.
A male swimmer who confronted them was assaulted by the group, which then fled with mobile phones and purses, police said.
It is alleged they attacked three other men aged 25 to 30 shortly afterwards, stealing the mobile phone of one of them.
Following this, a 19-year-old man who was sitting on the beach was struck in the head with a glass bottle, and was taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries, police said.
Two others were treated by paramedics at the scene.
Nobody has been arrested and police are keen to talk to witnesses.
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In case no-one was aware, there is a big Sudanese problem in Melbourne, Australia, and who would have guessed the ethnicity of the gang based on the headline? Answer: Everyone in Australia fucking knows.
A group of youths in Melbourne has been accused of attacking male beachgoers and stealing from the bags of swimmers in a series of incidents which have prompted police to increase patrols.
Police were last night called to Chelsea beach, in Melbourne's south-east, where the group is alleged to have assaulted five men, one with a glass bottle and others with a yellow plastic cricket bat around 9:30pm.
Police said the group — whose members were described as being of African appearance and aged in their late teens and early 20s — "approached" the unattended belongings of swimmers on the beach.
A male swimmer who confronted them was assaulted by the group, which then fled with mobile phones and purses, police said.
It is alleged they attacked three other men aged 25 to 30 shortly afterwards, stealing the mobile phone of one of them.
Following this, a 19-year-old man who was sitting on the beach was struck in the head with a glass bottle, and was taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries, police said.
Two others were treated by paramedics at the scene.
Nobody has been arrested and police are keen to talk to witnesses.
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In case no-one was aware, there is a big Sudanese problem in Melbourne, Australia, and who would have guessed the ethnicity of the gang based on the headline? Answer: Everyone in Australia fucking knows.