The gang ambushed and robbed five taxis in separate incidents in the western suburbs of Melbourne.u00a0

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Attackers wearing balaclavas and armed with baseball bats pulled up in two stolen cars and attacked the drivers at Sunshine, Brooklyn and Laverton North areas last night.

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Harpreet Singh was driving his taxi through Sunshine suburb when his car was rammed from behind and a second car pulled up abruptly in front of him.u00a0

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He said four men with baseball bats got out of the car in front of him and began smashing the driver-side window. "It was terrifying. They were smashing the car and hitting me with the bats also," he said.u00a0

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