SYDNEY, July 24 (Xinhua) -- A man has been hospitalized with serious injuries after being shot during a violent home invasion in Melbourne, the capital city of Australia's state of Victoria.
Emergency services were called to reports that multiple armed offenders broke into a home in Gladstone Park, 15 kilometers northwest of central Melbourne, and assaulted two occupants around 1:25 a.m. local time on Thursday.
A police statement said that it is believed the male resident confronted the group before he was shot and attacked with weapons.
The 60-year-old man sustained serious injuries consistent with a gunshot wound and was taken to hospital.
A second resident, a 57-year-old woman, was also threatened with the firearm but was not injured.
The group of offenders subsequently fled the scene in an SUV.
As of 9 a.m. local time on Thursday, no arrests had been made in relation to the incident, which police believe was a targeted attack.
Detectives from the armed crimes squad have commenced an investigation. ■
