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Schoolboy suffers burns to 90pc of his body after car firebombing goes wrong
A 13-year-old boy is fighting for life being burned during the incident in Taylors Hill on Monday. (ABC News)
Young people who allegedly carried out a firebombing at a house in Melbourne's north-west were tasked with targeting the address by middlemen who contacted them on WhatsApp.
One teenager is still fighting for life in hospital after being engulfed in flames when two cars were set alight in Taylors Hill.
The ABC understands police will use phone data to investigate the car fire.
A schoolboy fighting for life after setting himself alight in a botched alleged arson attack received his orders via WhatsApp, the ABC can reveal.
Two teens charged as boy, 13, fights for life after botched arson attack
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Two teenagers have been charged after a firebombing left a 13-year-old fighting for life in one of Melbourne’s worst weeks for arson attacks.
Three boys – two 16-year-olds and a 15-year-old – were arrested on Thursday morning after two cars on Woolwich Way in Taylors Hill were torched on Monday.
CCTV from a neighbouring property showed a person fully engulfed in flames running from the scene, before jumping into a car that later crashed.
In a statement on Thursday, police said the boy suffered burns to more than 90 per cent of his body and was in a critical condition in hospital.
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Melbourne news: Teenager fighting for life after car firebombing backfires
A teenager is fighting for life after accidentally setting himself and then a getaway car on fire during a botched firebombing
The boy was left for dead by his mates after they crashed into a bush while trying to flee in Melbourne.
Emergency services were called to Taylors Hill about 5.12am, where two cars were engulfed in flames. 9News
Two cars explode into a fireball and a teenager was engulfed in flames at Taylors Hill.
The boy ran around Woolwich Way frantically trying to put out the flames
Still on fire, the boy jumped into a waiting getaway car.
The stolen SUV crashed into bushes seconds later and two people ran off, leaving their injured friend for dead.
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