- Police were called home at Attunga Grove in Werribee at 3.30am Wednesday
- Officers were pelted with rocks while trying to break up the out-of-control party
- Local residents said the aftermath from the party looked like a ‘warzone’
Heavily armed riot police battled rock-throwing youths in a Melbourne street after a party at a rented AirBnB house got out of control.
Police were called to the home at Attunga Grove in Werribee at 3.30am on Wednesday but were forced to retreat when partygoers began throwing rocks at them.
The Public Order Response Team and the heavily armed Critical Incident Response Team were then called in to break up the party.
Heavily armed riot police have rushed to a home in Melbourne after officers were pelted with rocks while trying to break up an out of control party (aftermath pictured)
Rocks were thrown at cars and police at an out-of-control Melbourne party
Local resident Rob told 3AW the aftermath from the party looked like a ‘warzone’
One officer suffered a minor elbow injury during the incident, while the home was extensively damaged.
Local resident Rob told 3AW the aftermath from the party looked like a ‘warzone’.
Werribee father Jeremy received a call from his daughter who was at home by herself when the party got out of control.
Jeremy arrived just after rocks were thrown for a window so grabbed a baseball bat to protect his daughter.
‘My daughter was there, I was just making sure she was alright,’ he said.
Inspector Martin Allison said property owners need to be vigilant about who they rent their properties to, and said to ask for multiple forms of ID to ensure they can track anyone who damaged their property.
No one was arrested at the scene, but police are investigating criminal damage to the home.
AirBnB has been contacted for comment.
Jeremy arrived just after rocks were thrown for a window so grabbed a baseball bat to protect his daughter