"There are no bolts going in through this door because it's new, so it was just the lock. Another kick and I would have been ready. There was the first kick, then the second and they were in." The group demanded cash and drugs before beating him, he said. Police visited the Bronton Close home this morning. Credit:Paul Jeffers "They kept battering me from all sides," he said. The group of offenders are still on the run, and police are investigating. They said they had no description of the offenders.

"The investigation is ongoing and detectives believe parties may have been known to each other," a spokesperson said. "The 22-year-old victim has declined to make a statement to police at this stage. Detectives are investigating to determine what type of weapons were used during the incident." The victim told The Age he had been 'Tasered' in the neck which gave him a "bit of a rev up". "[They stole] a couple of hundred bucks, a couple of little valuable things."

The man's father and partner were also at home at the time. All three received minor injuries and were treated at the scene. The victim told The Age that they were all recovering on Thursday morning. The family has lived at the house for about 10 years. During the robbery, the man's father ran into the back garden of the home directly behind their property to find help. The neighbour of that home said his wife had woken him up and alerted him to the commotion. "The old man came into my backyard. My missus was there, and she come and woke me up and said something was going on," the neighbour said.

He said his wife called police while he got dressed and drove his car around to the house, but police had already arrived. Police returned to the property about 10am on Thursday to speak to the victims. Another neighbour, who did not wish to be named, said he heard noises last night but no big commotion. "We heard people talking [and] doors shutting but didn't think it was anything bad. When we first moved in April, there was a big fight that happened [out the front of that house] and it was our very first night so we were like, 'What did we get into?'" he told The Age. He said his family had only lived in Kuranjang for a few months, and safety was a big concern.

"My partner's brother lives down the road and there was another burglary that happened there too. So we don't really know if we want to stay here or move somewhere else," he said. Another Bronton Close resident, Navin Sawkar, said he had moved to Kurunjang several years ago with his young family because it was one of the only suburbs where he could afford to buy property. But he said he worried constantly about crime in the suburb and reading the news makes him anxious. "I do worry, when I hear the news... something has to be done. This is a bit of a remote area, there is no shops," he said. "The other thing is police take a long time to come here, they take a long time."

On Sunday evening, a 14-year-old Kurunjang boy was stabbed while walking down a footpath near High Street in Melton. He was approached and assaulted by two unknown offenders. A group of friends came to his aid and called police. He was then taken to the Royal Children's Hospital in a stable but serious condition. Earlier this month, there was another armed burglary in Kurunjang. Two offenders carrying a firearm and other weapons broke into a home on July 7. One of the offenders was arrested by police and the firearm was located. The pair's getaway car was found dumped on Melton Road.

In a separate incident in Melbourne's west overnight, a 17-year-old girl with stab wounds attended Bacchus Marsh hospital about 11.50pm on Wednesday. The Melton teen has been transferred to a Melbourne hospital with serious, but non-life threatening injuries.