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Teenager charged with murder over death of Aguer Akech

A teenager is set to face a Children’s Court after he was charged with murder over the death of 17-year-old Aguer Akech in Melbourne’s northwest last year.

A teenager has been charged with murder over the death of 17-year-old Aguer Akech. Picture: Cordell Richardson
A teenager has been charged with murder over the death of 17-year-old Aguer Akech. Picture: Cordell Richardson

A teenager has been charged with murder five months after 17-year-old Aguer Akech was killed in a brawl in Melbourne’s northwest.

Aguer was fatally stabbed in a violent clash between two groups of youths at Keilor Plains train station early on December 22 last year.

Aguer Akech, 17, died from injuries he suffered during a fight in St Albans.
Aguer Akech, 17, died from injuries he suffered during a fight in St Albans.

At the time, police arrested 10 people, however all were later released. 

Police made a breakthrough on Wednesday when officers from the anti-gangs Echo taskforce arrested a 15-year-old boy on Bourke St in Melbourne’s CBD.

The 15-year-old was charged with one count of murder and will appear at a Children’s Court.

Following his death, Aguer’s devastated mother, Martha Mayola, said her son was “a very good boy”.

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