- Police are searching for Damen Stephens in relation to two separate incidents
- They want to question him over a suspicious house fire and double stabbing
- The two men who were stabbed did not sustain life threatening injuries
- Authorities are urging people not to approach Stephens if they see him
The hunt is on for a 43-year-old man in relation to a double stabbing in a bar and a suspicious house fire.
Detectives are appealing for public assistance to help locate Damen Stephens after a number of possibly related incidents occurred in Melbourne’s south over the weekend.
Investigations are currently underway after a dubious house fire broke out on Gilmour Road in Bentleigh about 1.10am on Saturday morning.
Detectives are appealing for public assistance to help locate Damen Stephens (pictured)
Police would also like to speak to Stephens after two men were stabbed at a bar on Fitzroy Street in St Kilda at 9pm that same day.
A 44-year-old Essendon North man and 29-year-old St Kilda man were both stabbed during the altercation and taken to hospital.
There injuries are not considered life-threatening.
Damen Stephens on security footage
Police have released images of Stephens in the hope someone will recognise him and can provide information on his current whereabouts.
He is described as being about 180cm tall, with a thin build, bald head, unshaven face, glasses and was last seen wearing a long-sleeved dark top like the one seen in the Victorian police picture.
Authorities are asking the public not to approach Stephens if they do see him.
Instead they are being encouraged to contact triple zero instead.