Overview
- CCTV shows about six masked youths jumping from a white Haval and chasing two men on Bay and Lalor streets in Port Melbourne on Monday afternoon.
- Footage and witnesses report the group used a metal pole and at least one machete as one victim was kicked, punched, and heard screaming for help.
- Investigators say the Haval was stolen from outside a gym in Clyde North on Saturday and was used as the getaway car.
- Police spotted the Haval on the Westgate Freeway about 12:20am Wednesday, then a helicopter tracked it to Carnegie where four teenagers were arrested and the car was searched.
- Officers allege they found hatchets, a sledgehammer, and a steel pole in the vehicle, and they are urging anyone with information to contact Crime Stoppers because no victim has reported the assault.