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A 17-year-old boy has been charged with murder after a stabbing incident in Melbourne‘s west that killed a 16-year-old Melton South schoolboy in broad daylight.
Police confirmed charges were laid against the youth from Hillside on Wednesday, almost a fortnight after Pasawm Lyhym tragically died.
The 17-year-old is expected to appear in Melbourne Children’s Court on Wednesday. The police investigation by homicide detectives is ongoing.
Police had previously urged the youth to turn himself in, alleging he was a ‘significant player’ in the incident.
Pasawm was fatally stabbed at Sunshine bus station on May 18 on his way to the cinema to watch the new Fast and Furious movie with his brother.
A teen has been charged with murder after Pasawm Lyhym, 16 (pictured) was allegedly stabbed to death near Sunshine bus station in Melbourne’s west
Police allege a fight broke out between two groups of teenagers before the fatal incident.
Haunting CCTV captured shortly before the incident showed Pasawm running down the street being chased by two teens.
The motivation behind the confrontation remains unknown.
Another boy was hospitalised after the incident and a third was treated at the scene for injuries.
A 17-year-old from Caroline Springs and an 18-year-old from Burnside were interviewed by police and released without charge, pending further inquiries.
The youngest of four children, Pasawm’s family arrived in Australia as refugees from Myanmar and are actively involved in Melbourne’s Chin community.
Pasawm attended Staughton College and had dreams of becoming a carpenter.
Pasawm’s grief-stricken family are struggling to come to terms with the devastating loss and have demanded justice.
A homicide investigation into the fatal stabbing of Pasawn continues. Pictured are police at the scene scene on May 18
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Pasawm Lyhym has been remembered as a ‘funny, really nice, a welcoming and kind person’
Pasawm was intending to watch the new Fast and Furious movie with his brother on the night of his death.
‘I can’t believe it, ’cause he didn’t even say goodbye to us properly,’ his brother Mawn told Nine News earlier this month.
‘Everyone loves him, he makes everyone smile.’
‘[He was] only 16. No-one deserves to die like that. No-one.’
A heartbreaking video showed Pasawm’s five-year-old nephew, Stephen, smiling as he tells the camera, ‘I miss you… Pasawm.’
Pasawm’s cousin witnessed the teen’s final moments.
‘I screamed and said that’s him, that’s him [her cousin],’ she told the Herald Sun.
‘I tried to run and get help. I didn’t want to look. It was all so fast.’
Pasawm’s death sparked an outpouring of community tributes.
His family remembered him as ‘funny, really nice, a welcoming and kind person’, and stayed by his body for hours until just after midnight when he was taken by the coroner
‘He was a lovely boy, sometimes funny, very friendly,’ community representative Robert Sang said.
‘This is the first time the Chin community has gone through a tragic incident like this.’
School principal David Lord added: ‘The Staughton College community is shocked at the senseless death of one of our students at Sunshine.’
‘We are wrapping our arms around the family and friends of that student and ensuring that students and staff have all the support they need.’
Anyone with information is urged to contact Crime Stoppers.
Source: | This article originally belongs to Dailymail.co.uk
