Man shot for stabbing and beating his 11 year old son to death!

The Australian Police shot and killed an man for stabbing and and beating his 11 year old son, a sixth grade pupil at Flinders Christian Community College, to death on Wednesday evening at Tyabb Cricket Ground, in Victoria - Australia.

Describing the moments leading up to her son's death, Ms Batty, who is originally from Lincoln in England said:

'Luke came to me and said, 'Could I have a few more minutes with my dad?' because he doesn't see him very often and I said, 'Sure, OK.'

'It was just a little cricket practice, there were people there, I believed he was safe,' said Mrs Batty, 52.

'I looked for help, and I ran towards help and screaming, 'Get an ambulance, get an ambulance, this is bad, this is really, really bad,' she said.

'From what I could see, Luke had been injured. I thought it was an accident, I had no reason to think otherwise.' 

'What triggered this was a case of his dad having mental health issues,' 

'He was in a homelessness situation for many years, his life was failing, everything was becoming worse in his life and Luke was the only bright light in his life.

'No one loved Luke more than his father. No one loved Luke more than me — we both loved him.'

Recounting the horrific incident, she added: 'It was just a normal cricket practice and most of the kids and their parents had gone.

Luke came to me and said could I have a few more minutes with my dad because he doesn’t see him very often and I said yes, sure, that’s OK.

'There’s no reason for me to be concerned, there was no reason to be concerned, I thought it was in an open environment - that’s something I have to understand.'

It was gathered that the Police shot Luke Batt's father Greg in an attempt to halt the frenzied attack, unfortunately the young boy was pronounced dead at the scene and his father died later in hospital. 

Horrified parents and children who were gathered at the ground for evening cricket training watched the Greg attack his son with a knife and cricket bat 

Witnesses revealed that the Greg turned on them with the knife, forcing one of the officers to shoot him in the chest.

Paramedics tried to save the boy, but he died at the scene from severe head injuries.

The horrific attack unfolded at around 6.30pm in an outer suburb of Melbourne on the picturesque Mornington Peninsula in Victoria.