SYDNEY, Sept. 7 (Xinhua) -- Two people have died following a stabbing in Melbourne's western suburbs on Saturday night that police are treating as a targeted attack.

Emergency services were deployed to reports that a person was seriously injured in Cobblebank, 34 km west of central Melbourne, shortly before 8 p.m. on Saturday night.

They arrived and located a 12-year-old boy at the scene with critical injuries, according to a police statement. CPR was commenced but he died at the scene.

A short time later, police found a 15-year-old boy seriously injured on a nearby street. He was treated but also died at the scene.

A crime scene has been established and homicide squad detectives have commenced an investigation into the exact circumstances of the deaths.

Police said that the incident is being treated as a targeted attack. ■