<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Two teenagers have been arrested after a </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/man-slashed-with-machete-on-melbourne-street-belgrave/efb09b1b-7220-491f-af38-d1842c648bb8" rel="" target="_blank" title="man was slashed with a machete"><span>man was slashed with a machete</span></a><span> in an allegedly "brazen" attack in Melbourne's east.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A 13-year-old and a 15-year-old are being interviewed by police over a shocking incident that was captured on CCTV on Wednesday.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The footage shows a man and a woman walking down Blacksmiths Way in Belgrave about 7.10pm when they were approached by a group of males.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/south-australia-whyalla-veterinarian-andrew-melville-smith-car-hit-by-a-suspected-meteorite-port-august-highway/3132693d-6f34-478c-bd92-0f630a5ff6b3" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Man's new Tesla struck by suspected meteorite on remote Aussie highway</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>One of the males slung a machete at the man. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Sabrina, a worker at the nearby Tacos 'N' Tequilas, said it all happened so quickly.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I initially thought it was a stick that he hit him with," she told </span><em><span>3AW Melbourne</span></em><span>.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/melbourne-belgrave-machete-attack-two-boys-as-young-as-13-arrested/3b651c8c-3b88-48a6-b656-cc1689a57821" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I went out to ask him if he was OK, and I saw he had a massive gouge on his forearm."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police alleged the group fled the scene in a white BMW sedan, which was used to steal petrol from a service station on the Western Freeway in Ballan earlier that day.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The man, a 27-year-old from Ferntree Gully, was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/gareth-ward-sentenced/8abef3e2-a04e-441c-b45c-928416a25cee" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Rapist former MP jailed after sexually assaulting men</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The two teenagers remain in custody as detectives work to identify a third offender.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Casey MP Aaron Violi said it was "heartbreaking" that the two innocent victims had been targeted in the attack.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The worst feeling, to be honest, is that it wasn't surprising," he told </span><em><span>3AW</span></em><span>.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We have seen these attacks so often. We've seen how brazen they are. I wish I was shocked by the attack. I was heartbroken within my community, but we're seeing it too often.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It is heartbreaking to see our state going through this, and it's every Victorian that's paying the price, higher insurance costs, not feeling safe."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f"><em><strong><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></strong></em></a><em><strong><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. 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