'Never seen anything like this': Father stabbed in head and face after being separated from wife and kids during brutal Melbourne home invasion
The 39-year-old man and his 34-year-old wife were asleep in their Kew East home when they were awoken at about 4am by the sound of a large window being smashed.
A group of five unknown offenders – one armed with a machete – allegedly entered the Oxford Street property and confronted the couple, separating them into different rooms.
'The woman was put into the room where her two children were still in bed,' Victoria Police said in a statement.
'The husband was then stabbed multiple times to the head, face and arms.'
Four of the intruders then got into the victim's BMW while a fifth left in the vehicle the group had arrived in.
The 39-year old man was transported to hospital with serious but non but non-life-threatening injuries while his wife was treated at the house for minor injuries.
The couple's two children, aged 2 and 3, were not physically injured.
However two grandparents, aged 69 and 70, who were also in the house at the time were also taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
A fifth adult at the property also escaped physical injury.
Boroondara Detective Sergeant Leanne Trussler expressed her shock when speaking to reporters on Sunday.
'I've never seen anything like this,' Detective Trussler said.
'This is awful, a family, two adults, two children aged 2 and 3 and the grandparents are sleeping their home at nearly 4 o'clock in the morning, the house is secure, they're meant to be safe, and they woken up and been treated like this.
'It's their home, or their castle, as they say. You should be safe, you shouldn't be disrespected in your home and having people come in at that time of night and doing that to your family.
The Herald Sun reported that the father had 'put up a fight' when he found the intruders, and the grandparents were harmed when they attempted to come to his aid.
The Victoria Police spokeswoman said the 39-year-old father was currently in and would need surgery.
'He has a fractured left arm, he has a number of cuts all over his face and he is going to need surgery on his eye,' Detective Trussler said.
'The grandparents have also been assessed by doctors and released.'
Victoria Police located the stolen BMW approximately 30 km away in Deer Park and three offenders were arrested a short time later in nearby Hamilton Street.
Among those arrested were two teens, aged 16 and 17, and a 24-year-old Caroline Springs man.
Police are continuing to search for the other offenders.
Anyone who witnessed the incident, has CCTV/dashcam footage or any information that could assist police is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or submit a confidential report online at www.crimestoppersvic.com.au.
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