Vic: Five horses attacked with star pickets

AAP General News (Australia)
04-09-2007
Vic: Five horses attacked with star pickets

MELBOURNE, April 9 AAP - Five horses were speared and beaten with steel star pickets
in a vicious attack in Melbourne.

The horses were corralled in a paddock near houses on The Lake Boulevard at Mill Park,
in Melbourne's outer-north, police said.

Neighbours reported hearing noises coming from the paddock about 11.30pm (AEST) yesterday.

The owner of the horses reported their injuries this morning.

The horses, which suffered puncture injuries and bruising, were treated by a veterinarian.

Mill Park police are investigating.

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KEYWORD: HORSES

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