Parts of Melbourne Central closed after stabbing

The New Daily
May 12, 2017, updated May 12, 2017

Homicide squad detectives have charged a 31-year-old man with murder over the death of a motorcyclist north-west of Melbourne earlier this week. Photo: AAP

A man is in hospital in a stable condition after being stabbed at Melbourne Central shopping centre on Friday.

Police have closed the lower level of Melbourne Central shopping centre on Swanston Street opposite the State Library in Melbourne’s CBD.

A Victoria Police spokesperson told The New Daily that two men, who may be known to one another, had an altercation in the busy Melbourne Central multi-level centre around 1.30pm.

Investigators have been told a man attacked the victim with a box-cutter.

Police said the victim, a 28-year-old man from Doncaster has been taken to a hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

The altercation occurred during the city’s busy lunchtime break on Friday. Source: Twitter

The investigation was still ongoing.

An Ambulance Victoria spokesperson told The New Daily one person was treated with an injury to the upper body at the Lonsdale Street entrance and was in a stable condition.

More to come.