The three victims, two men and a woman, were taken to a nearby hospital. (Representative)
Sydney:
A man has been arrested after allegedly stabbing several people at a Melbourne shopping center on Tuesday.
Police in Victoria state said in a statement that emergency services were called to the Fountain Gate shopping center in Melbourne's south-east around 2.25pm local time on Tuesday following reports that three people had been attacked at a bus stop.
The three victims, two men and a woman, were taken to a nearby hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, Xinhua news agency reported.
Local media reported that they had been cut with a box cutter.
Police said the alleged perpetrator, a 30-year-old local man, fled the scene but was later arrested at the mall.
One witness posted on social media that there was a large police presence downtown following the incident and that the arrested man had blood on his face.
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