All We Could Do Was Listen to Screams: Ex-Mayor Recounts 45 Minutes Trapped During Northland Machete Brawl

A former Melbourne mayor says the council needs a management plan for gang violence.
All We Could Do Was Listen to Screams: Ex-Mayor Recounts 45 Minutes Trapped During Northland Machete Brawl
A photo of police tape in front of the Northland Shopping Centre in Preston, Melbourne in Australia. Josh Spasaro/The Epoch Times
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The former mayor of Darebin City Council, Lina Messina, was hiding in a backroom of the Northland Shopping Centre during the now-infamous youth gang machete brawl that made national headlines.

“It was absolutely terrifying. My first thoughts were, ‘Are my daughter and grandchildren here as well?’” she told The Epoch Times.