By CASEY NEILL
POLICE are looking for five teens who assaulted and robbed a 12-year-old boy with a flick knife in Dandenong on Saturday.
Greater Dandenong CIU Detective Senior Constable Nick Lamb said the boy was walking home from Dandenong Plaza shopping centre along Foster Street at 6.30pm on 13 October when five Caucasian males aged about 17 and 18 approached him.
Det Sen Const Lamb said one punched the victim in the stomach while another, wearing a black jacket, produced a small flick knife and demanded cash. The attackers made off with $50.
Call Crime Stoppers on 1300 333 000 with any information.
Knife threat in robbery
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