Cousin describes seeing her cousin stabbed to death in Sunshine: ‘I tried to run and get help. I didn’t want to look’

The cousin of a 16-year-old boy watched helplessly as her relative was stabbed to death at the Sunshine Station bus interchange.

A teen was fatally stabbed at Sunshine station on Thursday afternoon. Picture: Tamara Jane Photography

A 16-year old boy stabbed in a horror knife attack at Sunshine station was chased down by at least one assailant, according to his brother.

Pasawm Lyhym has been remembered as a “kind person” who was on his way home when he was set upon on Thursday.

Mawn Lyhym, 24, said he was still coming to grips with his younger brother’s death.

“He was funny, really nice, a welcoming and kind person,” Mr Lyhym said.

Police at the scene on Thursday night. Picture: Olivia Jenkins

Friends of Pasawm told his devastated family that he was heading home before he was chased and attacked.

It happened in front of dozens of shocked commuters. Homicide squad detectives are investigating the incident and were last night trying to piece together what ignited it.

Pasawm’s cousin, who didn’t wish to be named, said she watched helplessly as he was attacked.

The relative was sitting on another bus at the time of the incident but couldn’t see the assailant’s face.

“I tried to run and get help. I didn’t want to look. It was all so fast,” she said.

Relatives of the victim gathered at the station after the stabbing. Picture: Wayne Taylor

The boy’s family members sat at the scene behind police tape. Picture: Wayne Taylor

The Herald Sun was told Pasawm, who attended Staughton College, in Melton, usually hung out at the station with friends on Thursdays after school.

CCTV from the station and local businesses looms as a key element of the inquiry.

The corner of Station Place and Withers St remained cordoned off on Thursday night as protective services officers patrolled the area.

Several onlookers could be seen crying and wiping away tears, as others peered over the police tape.

The crime scene covered a busy thoroughfare near the station, with the end of a shopping strip taped off.

The alleged attack happened in front of dozens of commuters. Picture: Tamara Jane Photography

One fearful resident, who asked not to be named, said the violent incident did not surprise her.

“This is very scary. I am so lucky that all of my children are at home,” the mother of three said.

“It feels like this happens a lot here.”

Another woman said her children had been told to avoid the area near the station after she had seen men carrying knives on “numerous times”.

People were seen crying at the station on Thursday night. Picture: Olivia Jenkins

Prominent western suburbs youth worker Les Twentyman has for years warned of the risk of violence at Sunshine railway station.

He said the most dangerous time was in the period after school and that the use of knives was alarmingly prevalent.

“They (young people) think they need knives to protect themselves. That’s why they tool up,” he said.

In 2021, a man in his 30s was stabbed on a train before his attacker jumped off when it stopped at Sunshine.

A 38-year-old man was stabbed at the station in 2018 and another in 2015.

In 2014, fighting at the station left a man with serious knife wounds.