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Teen taken to hospital after stabbing by gang in Cranbourne
February 23, 2014 10:17PM
Ben Phillips is still in hospital after being attacked.
Ben’s friends left Zack Schott, 18, Anthony Winning, 18 and Jessica Woeltjes, 18, who helped him and called for an ambulance.
A GANG of about 20 teenagers set upon a 14-year-old boy, slashing him four times with a blade, in the latest bout of knife violence to strike Melbourne.
The group, whom witnesses say were mostly Sudanese or of African descent, had tried to gatecrash a nearby party 10 minutes before they set upon Ben Phillips in the frenzied group attack.
Witnesses said the gang was lying in wait for anyone that left the Cranbourne party before attacking Ben as he walked a girl home.
After a brief discussion, the gang set on him, landing a flurry of punches and then kicked him as he lay on the ground.
The teenager was stabbed four times in the back during the brutal assault, with the blade puncturing both lungs.
Friends applied pressure on his wounds to stem the bleeding and kept him conscious until paramedics arrived.
Ben was flown to the Royal Children’s Hospital where doctors performed an emergency procedure to drain fluid and blood from his lungs.
His parents kept a bedside vigil as he lay in intensive care on Saturday night.
His health improved on Sunday afternoon and he was moved to a ward in a serious, but stable condition.
Teen taken to hospital after stabbing by gang in Cranbourne
February 23, 2014 10:17PM
Ben Phillips is still in hospital after being attacked.
Ben’s friends left Zack Schott, 18, Anthony Winning, 18 and Jessica Woeltjes, 18, who helped him and called for an ambulance.
A GANG of about 20 teenagers set upon a 14-year-old boy, slashing him four times with a blade, in the latest bout of knife violence to strike Melbourne.
The group, whom witnesses say were mostly Sudanese or of African descent, had tried to gatecrash a nearby party 10 minutes before they set upon Ben Phillips in the frenzied group attack.
Witnesses said the gang was lying in wait for anyone that left the Cranbourne party before attacking Ben as he walked a girl home.
After a brief discussion, the gang set on him, landing a flurry of punches and then kicked him as he lay on the ground.
The teenager was stabbed four times in the back during the brutal assault, with the blade puncturing both lungs.
Friends applied pressure on his wounds to stem the bleeding and kept him conscious until paramedics arrived.
Ben was flown to the Royal Children’s Hospital where doctors performed an emergency procedure to drain fluid and blood from his lungs.
His parents kept a bedside vigil as he lay in intensive care on Saturday night.
His health improved on Sunday afternoon and he was moved to a ward in a serious, but stable condition.
