Food delivery driver ambushed by machete-wielding carjackers

A nutrient transportation driver has told of nan panic he felt arsenic he was ambushed by machete-wielding carjackers successful Melbourne's east.

Muhammad Waqas, 28, was lured to a location successful Ringwood past nighttime pinch an different request.

"The only point that was suspicious is that nan bid has a hash brownish from Macca's," he told 9News.

"There's thing successful this, only a hash brown."

After nan 28-year-old dropped disconnected nan DoorDash order, he became nan target of a planned onslaught from a group of thugs hiding successful bushes nearby.

"More than 3 group jumped from nan broadside and they had a machete. They opened nan door," he said.

After demanding his keys, nan masked thugs took disconnected successful his Toyota Yaris arsenic he ran backmost to nan location for help.

"The only point I had to do is tally for my life," he said.

"The location proprietor called nan constabulary and he besides told maine that this bid is fake, that they did not make immoderate order."

Later successful nan night, constabulary stumbled crossed 2 different abstracted attempted carjackings successful Ringwood.

A 15-year-old boy and a 16-year-old boy were arrested extracurricular of a shopping centre.

They were later charged by police.

Police said while nan alleged carjackings happened successful nan aforesaid suburb, they did not judge they were linked astatine this stage.

Officers are moving to find Waqas' car and nan group that stole it.

"It's very scary erstwhile I retrieve this, for illustration personification tried to deed maine pinch a machete," Waqas said.

"You tin spot that it is not easy to hide this one."

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