Police have charged a Melton man with 15 offences following a series of stabbings in Melbourne’s inner-city suburbs on the weekend.
It will be alleged the 31-year-old Melton man stabbed five people in four separate random attacks over a three-hour period.
A 24-year-old was allegedly stabbed outside a King Street burger store about 10pm.
The Melbourne man was taken to hospital with a non-life-threatening leg injury.
It’s alleged the man then stabbed a man and woman walking along Dandenong Road, St Kilda East about 11pm.
The 31-year-old St Kilda East woman was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries but is now stable.
The man, a 31-year-old from Glen Waverley, was taken to hospital with a serious arm injury and is now stable
In the third incident, a 31-year-old man was allegedly stabbed on Acland Street, St Kilda about 12.30am.
The English national was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening leg injuries.
The alleged offender was spotted by protective services officers in South Yarra before being arrested by police on Powell Street about 1.15am.
He has been charged with, two counts of intentionally cause serious injury in circumstances of gross violence, two counts of recklessly cause serious injury in circumstances of gross violence, five counts of intentionally cause injury, five counts of recklessly cause injury and a count of possessing a controlled weapon.
He was set to appear before court on Sunday.
Police were investigating whether a stabbing in Southbank may be linked which has was later charged with.
