Police hunt for seven carjackers after gun used in ambush terror
POLICE are hunting for up to seven thugs who threatened a man with a gun during a terrifying daylight carjacking southeast of Melbourne.
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POLICE are hunting for up to seven thugs who threatened a man with a gun during a terrifying daylight carjacking.
The gang, of African appearance, preyed on the victim as he sat parked in his gold Holden Commodore Sedan in Packenham’s central shopping district about 2.40pm on Friday.
The horrifying ambush by the large armed group takes Melbourne’s carjacking problem to new and concerning heights.
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One of the offenders pulled out a gun and demanded the man get out of his car, which was taken by one of the thugs and later found dumped on Gallery Way.
The rest of the group fled on foot.
Last week, two men of African appearance smashed a woman’s mouth with the butt of a gun while stealing her car.
The 57-year-old woman was driving in Narre Warren South when her car was hit by a four-wheel drive, before the men got out and assaulted her.
“I thought ‘I’m just going to die, this is my last moment of my life’,” the mother of three children told reporters.
“He just pointed it right at my head … with both hands on. He said ‘keys’ and I said ‘the keys are in the car’.
“They didn’t just take a car, they’ve changed my life.”
The victim of Friday’s attack on Savage Street was not injured.
Anyone with information is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.