Teenage boy allegedly stabbed to death in front of lunchtime crowd at Melbourne shopping centre
www.abc.net.au
A 16-year-old boy is dead and a 15-year-old has been charged after an alleged fight in front of a school holiday lunch crowd in Melton.
  • Deceptichum@quokk.auEnglish
    2·
    5 hours ago

    He said there would be an increased police presence at the shopping centre and more patrols over the coming days.

    Why? Are they expecting this random kid already in custody to go back and commit more? Did the security get around to stopping it last time? Will the increased presence last forever or just long enough for the public to forget? because it’s clearly not there to stop the person already in custody.

    Such a meaningless response to the tragedy at hand.

  • Salvo@aussie.zoneEnglish
    2·
    9 hours ago

    Saved you a click; It was Woodgrove in Melton, It wasn’t Highpoint (if it was Highpoint, it wouldn’t be News).

  • Baku@aussie.zoneOPEnglish
    6·
    12 hours ago

    Side note: it really irks me that almost every ABC article has “allegedly” somewhere in the title.

    I get they’re all paranoid about being sued, but this isn’t alleged, a kid was ACTUALLY stabbed. That can’t be disputed, and you can’t be sued for defamation for claiming that something that actually happened, happened.

    For some people it’s “POV:”. For me it’s “allegedly this situation that very obviously happened, happened”.