Saturday January 11, 2025

1 dead, 2 hospitalized after knife fight in Melbourne

Published : 11 Jan 2025, 10:59

  DF News Desk
File Photo: Xinhua.

One man has died and two more have been hospitalized after a knife fight at a park in Melbourne's southwest in Australia, reported Xinhua.

Police in the state of Victoria said on Saturday that officers were called to reports of a group of youths fighting in a park in the suburb of Wyndham Vale - about 30 kilometers southwest of central Melbourne at 11:30 pm local time on Friday.

Officers arrived at the scene and found one man with a stab wound. He received medical treatment but died at the scene,

Two other males were taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Victoria Police said that officers arrested four males nearby who were assisting with inquiries.

A crime scene was established at the park and detectives from the homicide squad have commenced an investigation.