Police are the seeking the public’s help to identify five individuals behind a “violent and graphic” targeted attack at a home in Melbourne’s north-west.<\/p>\n
The incident occurred early Thursday morning at Trentham Drive in Gladstone Park, where a couple’s home was broken into while they slept.<\/p>\n
Police said five people disguised in hoods and face coverings first attempted to enter through the front door before making it in through a rear entrance.<\/p>\n
Detective Inspector Adam Tilley said the disturbance awoke the occupants, a 60-year-old man and a 57-year-old woman.<\/p>\n
The man then approached the offenders, who were in possession of knives, a hammer and a firearm.<\/p>\n
“An assault has then occurred, quite a graphic assault,” Detective Inspector Tilley said.<\/p>\n
“The 60-year-old male has been struck about the body numerous times with a hammer and also then stabbed about the body.<\/p>\n
“He has also sustained a gunshot wound to the arm.”<\/p>\n
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Forensic officers attended the property on Thursday. (Supplied.)<\/p>\n
The man was attacked over five to 10 minutes, police said, and sustained serious but non-life-threatening injuries.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He has since been taken to Royal Melbourne Hospital for treatment.<\/p>\n
Police said the 57-year-old woman, who remained in the bedroom, was also approached and threatened with a firearm but was not injured.<\/p>\n
Offenders remain on the run<\/p>\n
Police believe the incident was targeted, saying the group made demands for money and asked about the location of another male who is known to authorities.<\/p>\n
Detective Inspector Tilley said police were looking into that man’s whereabouts and had dispatched a “safety message” to his family.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“This is a violent and graphic incident that’s occurred here for two occupants at their home,” he said.<\/p>\n
“To be woken by five offenders, let alone [for them] to be armed with a firearm, knives and also a hammer, is extremely concerning to us, and that’s why we’re really seeking the public’s support.<\/p>\n
“It’s a concern that the offenders are still out in the community.”<\/p>\n
An investigation is ongoing.<\/p>\n
Anyone with information is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Police are the seeking the public’s help to identify five individuals behind a “violent and graphic” targeted attack…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":88055,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[47735,4740,59056,8337,50,7207,101,59057],"class_list":{"0":"post-88054","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-armed-robbery","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-gladstone-park","11":"tag-home-invasion","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-police","14":"tag-shooting","15":"tag-trentham-drive"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114907038635586179","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88054","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88054"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88054\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/88055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}