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Police probe tomahawk assault



By JESSE GRAHAM

A BORONIA man was taken to hospital after being assaulted with a tomahawk in Lilydale over the weekend, and police are investigating the circumstances of the incident.

About 11.30pm on Sunday 2 August, police were called out to an alleged altercation between four men at a Cave Hill Road address in Lilydale.

A 30-year-old Boronia man was taken to the Royal Melbourne Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries after being hit in the back with a tomahawk.

Police have spent the morning of Monday 3 August at the scene of the alleged assault, and were still on the scene in the early afternoon.

A Victoria Police spokesperson said investigations into the matter were ongoing.

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