A teenager has been rushed to hospital with serious injuries after he was allegedly stabbed outside a shopping centre.
The alleged incident happened near the CS Square Shopping Centre in Caroline Springs in Melbourne‘s west on Thursday.
Police were called to Lake Street near the shopping centre at 5.15pm after reports of a stabbing.
The suspects had left the scene by the time police arrived.
The teen aged in his late teens suffered stab wounds to his hand and upper body and was rushed to Royal Melbourne Hospital.
Paramedics said the boy was in a serious condition, however police said his injures were ‘life-threatening’.
‘Investigators are still trying to establish the circumstances surrounding the incident and the investigation is ongoing but it is believed the offenders have left the area,’ Victoria Police said in a statement.
Detectives and uniformed police remained at the scene on Thursday night.
A teenager has been rushed to hospital with life-threatening injuries after an alleged stabbing near the CS Square Shopping Centre in Caroline Springs in Melbourne’s west
The scene of an alleged stabbing near the CS Square Shopping Centre in Caroline Springs in Melbourne’s west
The scene remains cordoned off as officers canvass for possible evidence and witnesses.
The latest incident comes a fortnight after police swarmed Bayside Shopping Centre in Frankston in south-east Melbourne amid reports a group of teens were allegedly spotted with ‘an edged weapon’.
Anyone with information about the Caroline Springs stabbing to urged to call Crime Stoppers.
