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‘Protect your life’: Sister of 13yo Melbourne firebomb victim shares family’s heartache

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  • The sister of a 13-year-old boy critically injured in an alleged botched firebombing in Taylors Hill, northwest of Melbourne, has pleaded for an end to the violence.
  • Police allege the boy and others were trying to set two cars alight when he caught fire, and he remains in hospital after a lengthy skin graft, with authorities warning he may still die.
  • His sister told the ABC she believes falling in with the wrong crowd may have led to his condition.
‘Protect your life’: Sister of 13yo Melbourne firebomb victim shares family’s heartache
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