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Mini bombing spree and a decades-old murder mystery

11/10/2025

To mark Dandenong Star Journal’s 160 years of publication, PHILIP SALAMA-WEST is taking a then-and-now look at the people, places and events that have formed Dandenong’s modern history. This week, we look back on a notorious murder spree in Police Paddocks Reserve and a Mini-bombing…

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