Residents terrified after house ransacked by machete-wielding intruders pretending to be police

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Residents of a home in Melbourne's south-east have been left terrified after their home was allegedly ransacked by three armed men who pretended to be police.

south-east have been left terrified after their home was allegedly ransacked by three armed men who pretended to be police.

Police were told that three men, at least one armed with a machete, entered a house in Ferny Creek around 3:45pm on June 18.A 33-year-old man has been attacked with a machete during a terrifying home invasion in Melbourne's south east. "He's pretty traumatised from it," she said of the man who was injured with the machete."They just kept saying they were the police, and that we had to stay where we were," she told 9News.

Residents of a home in Melbourne's southeast have been left terrified after their home was ransacked by three armed men who pretended to be police. Police allege the group made demands for cash and valuables from the residents before fleeing the house."He's like, 'Where's the jewellery?' and like pointing the machete at me," the victim said.It is believed that the aggravated burglary was a targeted incident.

 

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