Four young males are in custody after a 22 year old male died in a violent confrontation outside Mernda Railway Station in the outer north of Melbourne.
Emergency services were called to the scene on Bridge Inn Road around 5:50 pm on Friday night after reports of a fight.
The 22 year old Mernda resident was found with critical injuries and died at the scene. The four males arrested over the death are 16, 17, 17 and 18 years old, according to the Victoria Police.
Police say the confrontation started when a 14 year old boy was allegedly targeted near the station.
The police told the ABC that several people tried to intervene in the fight, but the 22 year old intervened to remove the 14 year old from the scene.
The police claim the group followed the adult and his friends to assault him again outside the station precinct.
According to Detective Acting Inspector Nigel L’Estrange, the detectives have reasons to believe that the assailants used an edged weapon during the attack.
Parts of the station and surrounding stores were cordoned off while forensic investigators investigated the scene of the killing.
As detectives piece together the last movements of those involved, police have asked anyone who saw the fight or who has dashcam or phone footage to get in touch with Crime Stoppers.
One of the arrested males is in hospital under police custody, while the other three are in custody and being questioned by the authorities.
ABC reported that at least two females who were at the scene of the attack are helping the detectives, but they have not been arrested.
The charges have not been disclosed by the authorities, and the full circumstances of the attack are still being investigated.
