Two males significantly injured in stunning broad daylight stabbing in South Melbourne
An urgent manhunt is underway after two men were stabbed in broad daylight.
Emergency services were called to the intersection of Clarendon and Bank streets in South Melbourne at about 11.30am on Thursday after reports of an altercation between two groups of men.
Two men found with serious stab wounds were rushed to hospital. Their conditions are not known.
It’s understood that three other men fled the scene before police arrived.
Police believe those involved in the altercation are known to each other.
The crime scene outside an office block remained cordoned off throughout the afternoon as police launched an investigation and scoured the scene for potential evidence.
‘A crime scene has been established as detectives investigate the circumstances surrounding the incident,’ a spokeswoman told Daily Mail.
Anyone who witnessed the incident, has footage, or information is urged to call Crime Stoppers.
Police are at the scene of a stabbing in South Melbourne
The latest incident comes just four days after Muay Thai fighter Jojo Punvaree, 19, was stabbed to death after a night out in Melbourne’s CBD.
A man, 19, was charged with murder.
He was remanded in custody to face a committal mention hearing in May.
The incident follows a spate of violent incidents across Melbourne after Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan fast-tracked new laws banning machetes.
CCTV captured a machete‑wielding gang ambushing two young men on Lygon Street in Carlton just before midnight on New Year’s Eve, leaving both with critical injuries as the attackers fled.
Days later, dash cam footage along the Monash Freeway at Narre Warren showed masked men, some armed with machetes and metal poles, pouring out of crashed cars and brawling in live traffic, forcing shocked drivers to reverse off the freeway while police dogs searched the nearby bush.
No injuries were reported and a man who was questioned was released without charge.
