Seven teenagers arrested over stabbing deaths of two boys in Melbourne

Police investigating deaths of Dau Akueng, 15, and Chol Achiek, 12, raid homes in city’s north-west

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Seven teenagers have been arrested over the stabbing deaths of 15-year-old Dau Akueng and 12-year-old Chol Achiek in Melbourne’s west.

Police have confirmed that a 19-year-old Thornhill Park man, a 19-year-old Caroline Springs man, an 18-year-old Wollert man, along with three 16-year-old boys and a 15-year-old boy, all from the north-west suburbs of Melbourne, were arrested on Friday morning after raids on homes by homicide squad detectives.