Detectives have called for gang members to come clean about the stabbing death of Melbourne teenager Solomone Taufeulungaki.
The 15-year-old died at Deer Park on June 16 after he and his cousin were allegedly approached by a group of 8 to 10 youths armed with knives near Brimbank Shopping Centre.
Six boys, aged between 13 and 16, have charged with violent disorder and affray but no one has yet been charged with Solomone’s death.“Detectives believe the fatal affray was as a result of tensions between two youth gangs in the western suburbs and have identified the gangs involved,” Victoria Police said in a statement calling for public help on June 21.
Detectives have been told of other incidents over the past few weeks, including a “significant altercation” in Warringa Crescent, Hoppers Crossing on May 23, police said.
Investigators are also looking at an assault that occurred at the Brimbank Shopping Centre the day before Solomone was killed.
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