14yo stabbed over postcode gang wars in Sydney home invasion
With a knife to his throat, a young teen is forced to say: “Cabra on top”.
Welcome to Sydney’s postcode wars, where a group armed with a blade, a baton and an iron not only carry out a violent attack, but video and post it on social media.
The Daily Telegraph can reveal never before seen video of the incident at South Penrith last December in which a 14-year-old was stabbed in the face, arm and leg, after a group of six masked individuals broke into the home where he lived with his mother.
In the video, the bloodied and confused teen can be seen cowering as the group surrounds and attacks.
“Look at this pussy,” one of the attackers says.
“What? What? What?” the confused victim replies.
With a knife being held threateningly above him the teen is urged to support the Cabra(matta) Boys gang.
“Say Cabra on top lad,” an attacker says, to which he is left little choice but to reply “Cabra on top”.
CCTV footage from Tukara Rd shows the gang of attackers fleeing the scene at speed in two getaway cars.
The “shaking” young victim can then be heard screaming out for his mother, before being taken to hospital by his grandmother.
“Mum take me to the hospital, they stabbed me in the face, stop the bleeding,” he says.
“Please mum, take me to the hospital A.S.A.P, please mum, please mum, I’m shaking.”
Police sources said almost a year on no one has been charged over the attack and the victim had been reluctant to co-operate with detectives.
The prevalence of social media in the Sydney postcode wars has been extensively covered as part of The Daily Telegraph’s docu-series The War: Young Blood.
Criminal psychologist Tim Watson-Munro said he believes attacks such as this are increasingly being videoed to give youngsters a feeling of being a “celebrity” in their local area.
“It seems to be a trend these days – everyone wants to video everything, it’s all about ego, all about look at me,” Mr Watson-Munro said.
“These crimes seem to be driven by the need for celebrity in a perverse way, they’re famous and idolised within their little cohort or gang.
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“They probably think it’s going to be like the movies and they’ll end up a hero, but it doesn’t work like that.
“It’s pretty risky behaviour putting it out there as firm evidence, it would suggest they’re pretty naive and more than a little bit stupid.”
This article originally appeared on The Daily Telegraph and was reproduced with permission
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