Melbourne teen injured in street fight as families celebrate Halloween

A 14-year-old boy has been injured successful a conflict that erupted arsenic families celebrated Halloween connected a residential thoroughfare successful Melbourne's west.

Emergency services were called to Avonwood Avenue successful Wyndham Vale astir 6.15pm yesterday pursuing reports a boy had been injured.

CCTV footage from nan residential thoroughfare shows 2 boys sprinting distant from a group of equipped offenders earlier 1 of them is kicked and different is punched.

Police allege nan group, 1 equipped pinch a room knife, approached nan unfortunate earlier he was assaulted.

The group of 5 fled connected ft earlier emergency services arrived.

The 14-year-old was treated astatine nan segment for a insignificant injury.

Residents opportunity nan boy's friend jumped into backyards to hide and pleaded pinch them for help.

The horrifying unit shocked families who were celebrating Halloween connected nan quiet residential street.

"It was really scary, we were retired instrumentality aliases treating and location was tons of helicopters," a young witnesser said.

"I called my dada and I said 'there's tons of constabulary successful beforehand of our house'."

The girl's begetter said he didn't expected a weapon conflict to hap successful nan area.

"We nonstop them [trick-or-treating] alone," he said.

"This is simply a very quiet street. Good neighbours."

Police opportunity they are treating nan incident arsenic a targeted onslaught and said those progressive are known to each other.

At this shape nary arrests person been made.

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