Men barge into teen party and beat up security officers
Victoria AU July 31 2018 A security guard was left with a bloodied face after she was violently attacked when a boy’s 16th birthday party was gatecrashed.
The event was being held at a home in Edwardes Street, Reservoir, in Melbourne’s north, on Saturday night when a group of uninvited youths stormed a back fence.
The gatecrashers were of African appearance, according to witnesses who spoke to the Herald Sun.
‘We saw people going in, they started hitting people,’ partygoer Salz said.
‘They were all guys, there was a lot of them. They had dark skin.’
Police said there were four gatecrashers but witnesses reported there were 20.
A female security guard at the event who asked the gatecrashers to leave was attacked and suffered injuries to her face. A male security guard was also injured.
Police were called about 8.30pm, with the gatecrashers fleeing the scene.
The party, which had about 70 teenagers, was being held at the home of a friend of the boy’s mother.
The property owner told The Age the gatecrashers smashed down her back fence which adjoined a park.
She said they were at the property for about 10 minutes and appeared to be about 14 to 16-years-old.
‘I don’t know how many there were, everybody was just scared and they all ran out,’ she said.
Police are continuing to investigate the incident.
‘Police remained in the area and monitored the behaviour of party goers as they left with no further incidents,’ a police spokeswoman told the Herald Sun.
