Mawn Lyhym was supposed to go to the movies with his brother Pasawm on Thursday night. Instead, he sat for hours with Pasawm’s body at a bus stop in Sunshine as police investigated his fatal stabbing.
Mawn, 24, was at work when he heard his 15-year-old brother had been attacked in Melbourne’s west.
Pasawm Lyhym died after being stabbed in Sunshine on Thursday afternoon.
He desperately tried to contact Pasawm, calling and texting him to no avail.
“I don’t believe it,” the grieving brother said on Friday morning. “I googled it. I didn’t see anything. I didn’t believe it until all his friends starting calling me and texting me on Instagram. Then I left work.”
Mawn said his family hadn’t slept all night.
“His body was here until 12.30am, around then. After that, after his body was gone – we couldn’t go to the coroner so we had to go home,” he said. “He’d been here for six or seven hours. In this cold weather, he was on the concrete.”
Mourners, including Mawn Lyhym, leave flowers at the bus stop where Pasawm was killed on Thursday evening.Credit: Joe Armao
Pasawm was attacked near Sunshine train station on Thursday afternoon. Paramedics tried to revive him but he died at the scene.
Standing at the site of his younger brother’s death, Mawn said on Friday morning he still couldn’t believe what had happened.
“He didn’t do anything,” he said. “Life’s not fair.”
Mawn said he wanted the attacker to apologise to the family. “You come to us. We want to see you, whoever did this. I want you to apologise. Come to us … No one deserves to die like this.”
A group of family and friends lit candles and left flowers at the bus shelter on Station Place on Friday morning.
Victoria Police said emergency services were called about 3.45pm on Thursday after receiving reports a male had been injured.
They confirmed late on Thursday that a Melton South boy had been stabbed. A 16-year-old Sunshine North boy was taken to hospital with minor injuries.
Police are yet to establish the exact circumstances of the incident, but said the homicide squad was investigating.
Witnesses at the scene on Thursday night.Credit: Nine News
A witness told 3AW the attack happened in front of onlookers.
“The attacker was the one who was screaming. He had a black hoodie on and he was the one who was running,” he said.
Sam Abdulkaram, who runs a convenience store next to the site of the stabbing, also said he saw kids running back and forth last night. “For us, something is always happening,” he said. “There’s always fights, but nothing seriously like now.”
Pasawm’s family, who are part of the Chin community, arrived in Australia from Burma in 2013.
“We first arrived in Sunshine North, that’s where we lived,” Mawn said. “He has a lot of friends who go to Braybrook College.”
Mawn said it was hard to describe his brother. “He’s a funny one. After work I go home, he always says, ‘What’s up bro?’”
“He was the quiet one in the room. He was the nicest of everyone.”
Mawn said his brother, a year 11 student at Staughton College, was a kind and giving teen who loved rap music and barbecue, played soccer and did karate, and wanted to become a builder. The family also has two sisters.
Family members at the scene on Friday morning.Credit: Nicole Precel
“He’s a good person,” Mawn said.
A special investigation from The Age earlier this month found knife violence has reached unprecedented levels in Victoria, sparking police operations targeting at-risk youths, gang crime and weapon possession.
Hospital admissions related to knife assaults have more than doubled in less than three years to more than two victims per day. Police seizures of bladed weapons have also reached record levels.
Anyone who witnessed the incident or with further information is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or visit www.crimestoppersvic.com.au.
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