Masked gang terrorises sleeping Melbourne family in violent home invasion at Brookfield, near Melton
A sleeping family in Melbourne’s west have been terrorised by a group of masked men armed with machetes and golf clubs who smashed their way into their home and caused carnage at the weekend.
Five children were asleep in their home on Turpentine Rd in Brookfield, near Melton, about 2am on Sunday when three masked men, dressed in all black, approached the home and began hacking into the front door.
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Once inside the group caused chaos, smashing vases and statues, destroying appliances and smashing a hole in the door to one of the children’s bedrooms.
Homeowner Rebecca, who was across the road at the time attending a neighbour’s baby shower, said her son managed to hear the intruders coming quick enough to lock his bedroom door.
“They just came in, they tried to kill my kids,” she told 7NEWS.
The intruders were only in the home for a few minutes before they fled through the front door where they ran into Rebecca.
CCTV captured her screaming at the group before some of the men with golf clubs started to approach her.
“I (was) thinking my kids, they (were) all dead because of the way I saw them run ... out from the house,” Rebecca said.
“(My kids) are all shake, all shaken. (It’s) very, very sad for them.”
No one was physically injured during the terrifying ordeal and nothing was stolen.
It’s unclear why the home was targeted.
“The exact circumstances surrounding the incident are being investigated,” police said.
Anyone with any information is urged to contact Crime Stoppers.
Originally published on 7NEWS
