<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/melbourne" rel="" target="" title="Melbourne"><span>Melbourne</span></a><span> man needs to undergo three rounds of surgery after he was attacked by teenagers armed with machetes who he stopped throwing rocks at his home.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The group allegedly threw rocks at the man's home in Croydon at about 10.30pm on Monday before the 64-year-old yelled at them.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The group left the scene before they returned at 2.30am.</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/shellharbour-deaths-man-and-women-die-at-popular-beach-in-nsw-illawarra-region/6dd06af9-d7a6-497d-8f31-750f675ae0e9"><strong><span>Married couple unable to be saved at iconic tourist beach</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The man and his partner called police and said they were told there were no units to respond. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The tradie took matters into his own hands and chased them around the corner in his car to Manchester Road in Mooroolbark.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He was then attacked with a machete.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/croydon-attack-melbourne-man-to-undergo-three-surgeries-after-being-attacked-by-machetewielding-gang-victoria-crime/0ee93f28-0c15-45a6-b564-c7cef355e627" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The man and the teenagers were not known to each other prior to the incident.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The man's partner said he had been left with "deep, deep, wounds"</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"He's cut his arm, fractured through the bone and his fingers," she said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It's just left us shaken, you know, he came home in a bloodbath."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/teen-arrested-after-allegedly-stolen-puppy-located-30-kilometres-from-home/9fa0e8f4-90a4-4f6a-b9e4-9747e3bd7c44" rel="" target="" title="Two women arrested after stolen puppy located 30 kilometres from home"><strong><span>Two women arrested after stolen puppy located 30 kilometres from home</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>No arrests have been made.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The attack comes days after </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/aidan-becker-death-mernda-station-melbourne-stabbing/3e40b809-f6ee-4ebe-8887-34226eb28356" rel="" target="_blank" title="security guard Aidan Becker was killed at Mernda Train"><span>security guard Aidan Becker was killed at Mernda Train</span></a><span> Station after he saved another boy's life.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>After Becker stopped a 14-year-old being robbed, four teenagers allegedly stabbed him to death with a machete. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Victoria Police commander Wayne Cheeseman said a weapon could turn a moment into "a lifetime of consequences".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It can cost someone their life, it can cost you your future," Cheeseman said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I implore you to really think about the decisions you make."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The 64-year-old man's partner called for change after the attack.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We need to change this country, we need to get the country back to the way it was," she said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span> </span><em><strong><span>NEVER MISS A STORY: Get your breaking news and exclusive stories first by following us across all platforms.</span></strong></em></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><ul><li><em><strong><span>Download the 9NEWS App here via</span></strong></em><span> </span><a href="https://apps.apple.com/au/app/9news/id1010533727" target="" title=""><em><strong><span>Apple</span></strong></em></a><span> </span><em><strong><span>and</span></strong></em><span> </span><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nineNewsAlerts.nine.com&amp;hl=en_AU&amp;pli=1" target="" title=""><em><strong><span>Google 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