Blood on the streets of Melbourne: Police shoot a man dead and two others are killed after separate stabbing attacks
- Three people have died after a string of violent attacks in eastern Melbourne
- A man was found with fatal stab wounds in Kew about 12.15am on Thursday
- Second man then shot dead by police who were trying to arrest him nearby
Three people have died and a fourth is in a critical condition after a string of violent attacks in Melbourne’s east police believe could be linked.
A man was found with fatal stab wounds about 12.15am on Thursday after police were called to Kew in the city’s inner east.
The victim, who is yet to be identified, was taken to hospital after being found near Cotham Road and Queen Street but later died.
Crime scene pictured in Kew after police shot dead a man they were trying to arrest. Three people have died after a series of overnight attacks on the streets of Melbourne
A second man was then shot dead by police who were trying to arrest him on nearby Walton Street.
He also is yet to be identified and police are investigating whether the incident is Kew is related to two others late on Wednesday night.
About 10.40pm, an unknown man approached a protective services officer at Jolimont Railway Station.
‘It is understood an unknown man approached a PSO and engaged in conversation before assaulting him with an edged weapon and fleeing the scene on foot,’ a Victoria Police spokesperson said.
The PSO suffered non-life threatening injuries to his upper body and was taken to hospital for treatment.
At 11.20pm, two women were then found in a vehicle in Hawthorn with what appeared to be life threatening stab wounds.
Police are investigating whether the incident is Kew (crime scene near Walton Street in Kew pictured) is related to two others late on Wednesday night
The two women were taken to hospital after police were called to Coppin Grove, where one died in hospital and the other is still in a critical condition.
‘Investigators are working to establish the exact circumstances surrounding the three incidents in order to determine if they are linked,’ the police spokesperson said.
‘At this stage, police are not searching for anyone else in relation to the incidents and there is not believed to be any ongoing risk to community safety.’