7月28日下午，四名蒙面歹徒持砍刀闯入位于墨尔本Sunshine地区Harvester Road的Parkville青年精神健康和福祉服务中心，试图寻找一名不知名人士[1]。事件发生在下午3时45分至3时50分之间，歹徒穿戴黑面罩和外科口罩，其中两人拔出砍刀[1]。
在此次暴力事件中，两名工作人员遭到袭击，两人均为19岁，分别来自Melton和Wyndham Vale[1]。歹徒还向医院内投掷家具和台球[1]。警方在约4时15分抵达现场，但未发现任何嫌疑人[1]。警察表示受害者与嫌疑人彼此认识[1]。
此次事件促使医院开始重新安置部分员工，以应对安全隐患[1]。Health and Community Services Union秘书Paul Healey表示，这是最近一系列事件中的最新一起[1]。
Four masked assailants armed with machetes stormed the Sunshine hospital of Parkville Youth Mental Health and Wellbeing Services in Melbourne on July 28, searching for an unidentified person [1]. The incident occurred in the afternoon between approximately 3:45 and 3:50 pm at the facility located on Harvester Road in Sunshine [1]. Two staff members were attacked during the rampage, which also involved the throwing of furniture and billiard balls before the attackers fled the scene prior to police arrival [1].
Police attended the facility around 4:15 pm but were unable to locate the suspects [1]. The two victims, both aged 19 and from the suburbs of Melton and Wyndham Vale respectively, were known to the perpetrators according to authorities [1]. The assailants were described as wearing black face coverings and surgical masks, with at least two of them displaying machetes [1]. Following the incident, the hospital has begun relocating some staff members to address security concerns [1].