An employee at a luxury fashion shop in Melbourne has been stabbed in the arm by an opportunistic thief, fleeing the scene with a designer handbag.
Police said the male staff member confronted a man and woman at David Jones at Emporium Melbourne on Little Bourke St just before noon on Tuesday.
The male thief stabbed the employee in the arm before he and his female accomplice fled the scene.
The staff member was taken to hospital with serious injuries.
Investigations into the incident are ongoing, though no arrests have been made as of Tuesday afternoon.
Anyone who witnessed or has vision of the incident has been urged to contact Crime Stoppers.