Australia fast-tracks machete ban after shopping centre attack
Summary
In response to a machete fight at a Melbourne shopping center, Victoria, Australia is speeding up a ban on selling machetes. The ban will begin this Wednesday instead of the originally planned September start date.Key Facts
- A fight with machetes at Northland shopping center involved two gangs and left a 20-year-old man seriously injured.
- Victoria will implement a law making the sale of machetes illegal starting Wednesday.
- Two boys, ages 16 and 15, have been charged related to the incident.
- Two men, ages 20 and 18, were arrested and are being interviewed by police.
- Three of the four machetes involved have been seized by police.
- Youth knife crime in Victoria makes up about 10% of knife-related incidents.
- A three-month period starting in September allows locals to surrender machetes at police stations.
- A similar ban on machetes was implemented in the United Kingdom last year.
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