Dawn raids have led to the arrest of seven young men and teenagers over the high-profile stabbing deaths of two children.

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Chol Achiek, 12, and Dau Akeng, 15, died after being attacked while walking home at Cobblebank in Melbourne's outer northwest on September 6.

The pair were ambushed by masked males armed with machetes and other bladed weapons.

Another boy walking with the victims, after the group watched a basketball game together, managed to escape the suspected gang members.

Police raided properties in Melton South, Thornhill Park, Caroline Springs, Sunbury, Wollert, Hillside and Sydenham on Thursday morning, arresting seven males.

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