(Melbourne) Approximately 200 black African youths went on a rampage,
attacking and robbing locals and tourists at Melbourne's St Kilda beach early
on Thursday morning.
Police struggled to contain the fighting, overwhelmed by the huge numbers of teen thugs.
data-lang="en">One father said his 16-year-old son and his friends were punched in the face and robbed in the brazen attacks, with youths stealing their phones, watches and shirts.
A gang of violent African teenagers has run wild along the St Kilda foreshore, fighting each other and bashing and robbing beachgoers. @MScanlan7 #7News pic.twitter.com/Hum6MNYyuS— 7 News Melbourne (@7NewsMelbourne) December 14, 2017
"They left them standing half nude in the street, these guys are so clever the way they do it (the robberies), that it just sort of looks like a couple of teenagers having a bit of fun."
In-between fighting amongst
themselves, robbing people the youths managed to trash a McDonald’s restaurant,
throwing chairs and smashing a window. Police wouldn't say how many were attacked and robbed and
called on the perpetrators to come forward. Inspector Jason Kelly said policewere investigating:
“Unfortunately last night we had a large number of youth attend, of African appearance, who have engaged in anti-social behaviour. They've committed crimes; they've been involved in a number of assaults on the foreshore of St Kilda. Their behaviour was just totally unacceptable and I’d call on them to come forward and hand themselves in before we track them down.”
