青少年被指控犯有砍刀袭击谋杀罪，导致 24 岁男子死亡;维多利亚州将于 9 月禁止砍刀。 Teen charged with murder in machete attack that killed 24-year-old; Victoria to ban machetes in September.

3 月 14 日，一名 24 岁的男子蒂莫西·利克 （Timothy Leek） 在墨尔本万豪沃特斯购物中心附近的停车场被一群挥舞砍刀的刺伤致死，一名 18 岁的少年被指控犯有谋杀罪。 An 18-year-old has been charged with murder after a 24-year-old man, Timothy Leek, was fatally stabbed by a group wielding machetes in a car park near Marriott Waters Shopping Centre in Melbourne on March 14. 这名18岁和1名17岁的人被逮捕;年轻人被释放,等待进一步调查。 The 18-year-old and a 17-year-old were arrested; the younger was released pending further inquiries. 这是维多利亚州六个月来第四次与大砍刀有关的谋杀, 促使政府从9月1日起禁止大砍刀。 This is the fourth machete-related murder in Victoria in six months, prompting the government to ban machetes starting September 1. 反对派寻求立即执行这项禁令。 The opposition seeks to implement the ban immediately.