A group of offenders is on the run in Australia after a 14-year-old boy almost lost his hand in an alleged machete attack in Melbourne.
Police believe the boy was allegedly assaulted after an altercation occurred between him and a group of men early on Saturday.
He was left bleeding on the street alone before he was found by a stranger and taken to hospital.
The mother of the victim, who wished to remain anonymous, told 9News on Saturday that her son might never be able to use his hand again.
“I feel numb in my heart,” she said.
“It’s my son. He is not a separate part of me, he is a part of me.”
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The boy was only minutes from home when he was allegedly attacked.
The mother said her son was just minutes away from home when he was allegedly attacked with a machete.
“He called me, and he said: ‘Mum, I’m downstairs in an ambulance. My hand got cut off’. I just got changed in a second and ran downstairs.”
“When we got to hospital he was just screaming, it was so bad.”
The teenager has since undergone an 18-hour surgery for his hand and remains in hospital.
Police said the offenders fled the scene and an investigation remains ongoing.
This story was originally published on Nine News and is republished with permission.
