Notorious postcode gang investigated over stabbing death of Sydney teen

A teenager was allegedly asked if he was a member of a notorious street gang before he was ambushed by a group of masked attackers armed with knives and stabbed to death. Police are exploring whether the violent incident is part of a flare-up in Sydney’s “postcode wars”.

Zac McRae and Vimlesh Chand, both 19, were set upon by four masked assailants at the Mount Druitt bus and train interchange about 10pm on Wednesday. Shortly after, three ambulance crews arrived to find McRae and Chand with multiple stab wounds.

McRae died after being stabbed in the chest, while Chand was taken to Westmead Hospital in a serious but stable condition after receiving treatment from paramedics for stab wounds to his chest and arm. A third person with them was assaulted, but not seriously injured.

Mount Druitt police area commander Darrin Batchelor said Chand was stabbed through the “entirety of his arm” before the knife penetrated his chest. Doctors reported he was “extremely lucky” to survive the “violent, frenzied attack”, Batchelor said.

Source: Daily Telegraph