The attackers, armed with knives, filmed their teenage victim as he lay unconscious bleeding on the ground while a heroic, blood-soaked Good Samaritan tried to save his life.
The boy, aged 17, was Ambushed in a car park behind a Coles supermarket in the CS Square shopping centre.in the western Melbourne suburb of Caroline Springs on Thursday night.
He suffered injuries to his upper body in The brutal attack.
The boy was taken by ambulance to Royal Melbourne Hospital and remained in a serious condition there on Friday.
The man who rushed to the aid of the stabbed boy said the attackers stood mercilessly and watched the victim bleed on the concrete, with some filming the horrific scene on their phones and only one offering help to the fallen teenager.
The man said The Herald Sun He feared the boy would die as he desperately held his head off the ground.
“He was in and out of consciousness throughout the whole process, I was just trying to keep him awake and alive,” the man said.
‘From the injuries I saw, (the weapon) was something large, it was not a kitchen knife or a household knife, it was definitely something like a machete.
A 17-year-old boy was stabbed by a group of around 10 knife-wielding attackers in the car park of a shopping centre in Melbourne’s west (pictured: blood-stained clothing at the scene)
“There was blood everywhere, on me.”
“I saw many people standing around, there were many who were not helping except for one person.”
He described the victim and most of the teenagers who attacked him as black.
The attackers are believed to have fled the scene in a car via the Coles loading dock.
Uniformed police and detectives remained at the scene until late into the night.
Police and ambulance were called to the CS Square mall on Thursday around 5:15 p.m.
Uniformed and plainclothes officers remained at the scene late into the night collecting evidence.
“Investigators are still trying to establish the circumstances surrounding the incident and the investigation is ongoing, but the offenders are believed to have left the area,” Victoria Police said in a statement.
Officers sought out witnesses to the bloodshed and spoke to local business owners and shoppers.
Security cameras are known to have captured the incident and police will use the footage as part of their investigation.
Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
