Violence erupted in Melbourne’s CBD overnight, with a spate of bloody attacks across the city leaving one man dead and several others in hospital.
Key points:
- Three separate violent incidents in Melbourne overnight are being investigated by police
- Two stabbings in the CBD left three men fighting for their lives and one dead
- A brawl in Southbank left one man in a critical condition due to a head blow
Emergency services were called to Bourke Street about 5:45am following reports of an assault.
Two men sustained stab wounds and were taken to hospital in a critical condition.
One of the men, who is yet to be formally identified, later died in hospital and Bourke Street remains closed.
The Bourke Street incident was the second stabbing attack of the night, following a brawl outside a nightclub at the intersection of Flinders Lane and King Street.
Two men were found with stabbing injuries following a confrontation about 1:25am.
A 19-year-old man and another unidentified man are fighting for their lives in hospital following the assault.
Trio attacked in promenade brawl
An assault in Melbourne’s Southbank left a man with suspected life-threatening injuries and two other men with facial injuries.
Police have been told two groups of men appeared to argue as they were leaving a bar along Riverside Quay about 12:40am.
The argument allegedly spilled onto the promenade footpath, where three men were…
