Four teenagers arrested after knife attack left man's arm amputated
Officers were called to the Altona Meadows Central Square Shopping Centre about 8pm on Saturday.
It is alleged the victim was approached by a group of males and pushed to the ground, with one of the teens allegedly producing an edged weapon and striking the victim's forearm.
The Herald Sun reports the 33-year-old male victim had the lower part of an arm amputated at Royal Melbourne Hospital on Sunday.
He is in a serious but non-life-threatening condition.
Police allege the teenager then fled the scene with the victim's phone.
A 14-year-old boy from the Wyndham area has been charged with intentionally causing serious injury, recklessly causing injury, robbery and unlawful assault. He has been remanded to appear before a children's court.
Two 15-year-old boys from the Hobsons Bay area face the same charges and have been released on bail to appear in a children's court at a later date.
A 14-year-old boy, also from the Hobsons Bay area, is expected to be charged on summons.
Police are continuing to search for a fifth individual believed to be involved in the alleged incident.
These latest attacks come amid a spate of knife crimes at Melbourne shopping centres.
A major brawl between rival gangs at a northern suburbs shopping centre in May sparked a statewide machete ban, which has already stopped stores selling them but criminalises possessing one as of September 1.
Just last Monday, a 44-year-old man was stabbed in the chest and neck outside the Moonee Ponds Central shopping centre. Police said the alleged offender had a history of mental health issues.
Barely an hour earlier, a 37-year-old man allegedly pulled a knife at a nearby cafe.
After these two Moonee Ponds incidents, Police Minister Anthony Carbines stressed that officers were recently given more power to stop and search people for weapons without a warrant.
'We've seen a record number of edged weapons seized in the past year and that's a demonstration of the work police are doing to disrupt and dismantle crime in the community,' Mr Carbines told reporters last week.
In February, two men were stabbed outside a Bunnings in Broadmeadows, allegedly over a pair of stolen headphones.
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