<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A family has claimed they were wrongly targeted in an act of misguided retaliation after two boys </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/meme-anger-believed-to-have-contributed-to-machete-killing-of-12-15-year-old-in-cobblebank-melbourne/05deb69e-ddab-4828-942f-b05c81740e4e" rel="" target="" title="were brutally murdered with machetes in Melbourne's west."><span>were brutally murdered with machetes in Melbourne's west.</span></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Dau Akueng, 15, Chol Achiek, 12, and a third friend were walking from a bus stop in Cobblebank at about 8pm on September 6 when they were set upon by a group of people. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span> Now, a father has revealed windows at his property and car were smashed in an early-morning attack today in the same neighbourhood following death threats made online to his teenage daughter.</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><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/australia-climate-change-risk-assessment-property-impact/6278ac2c-1e4a-4a60-867b-66e761984ebf" target="_blank"><strong><span>Aussies staring down the barrel of looming $770 billion catastrophe</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I just woke up with a fright, jumped out of bed," Eddy told 9News.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I could hear the screaming, I could hear the smashing, and I just instantly ran downstairs."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Nadia, 14, was friends with both boys and has been faced with vile accusations about her association with the gang members potentially involved in the attack.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/cobblebank-attack-family-claim-they-were-wrongly-targeted-in-retaliation-after-two-boys-murdered/d2948a86-8610-4ce7-b37c-98fe36f490ec" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>She and her family have both firmly rejected these claims.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The teenager said Chol was actually on his way to her home from basketball training when he was fatally attacked.</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/world/charlie-kirk-shooter-tyler-robinson-what-we-know-political-views-explained/9a17a048-d30a-4bd2-8882-a24bc7d7ca27" target="_blank"><strong><span>What do we know about Charlie Kirk's alleged killer?</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police are investigating whether this attack was one of retaliation.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Nadia's phone has been taken away to be examined.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>At this stage of the investigation it is still too early to establish a motive.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>No arrests have been made following the stabbing deaths of Dau and Chol.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span></span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><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. Available on the</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://apps.apple.com/au/app/9news/id1010533727" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Apple App Store</span></em></strong></a><span> </span><strong><em><span>and</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nineNewsAlerts.nine.com&amp;hl=en_AU&amp;pli=1" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Google Play</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>.</span></em></strong></div></div>