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Tara Cosoleto

UNCOVERED: Knife crime focus as accused machete attacker charged - The Untold Story

Chief Commissioner Shane Patton says police will continue to carry out random weapon searches. (Diego Fedele/AAP PHOTOS)

Police will carry out more random weapon searches to reduce knife crime, Victoria's police chief says as an accused machete attacker fronts court. 

A 39-year-old man was injured when the 15-year-old boy allegedly assaulted him with the weapon at St Kilda in Melbourne's southeast.

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