Police Under Pressure to Deal With Rising Youth Gang Crime in Melbourne

Police Under Pressure to Deal With Rising Youth Gang Crime in Melbourne
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Growing public concern over escalating criminal activities carried out by groups of largely African-born youth in the Australian city of Melbourne has again been raised after a community center was nearly destroyed.

Residents of a community in the city’s west have been fearful as young men, reported by media to be South Sudanese born and others, hijacked the privately owned facility and used it day and night.