Stabbing attacks in Australia's Melbourne cause four injuries; cops arrest 31-year-old man


SYDNEY (Bernama-Xinhua): Police in the Australian state of Victoria said on Sunday that a 31-year-old man was arrested at about 1:15am local time, following a series of stabbings that caused four injuries in Melbourne's inner-city suburbs overnight, reported Xinhua.

The police said in a statement that the man allegedly stabbed four people in three separate random attacks over a three-hour period from about 10pm local time Saturday to about 12.30am local time Sunday.

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