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Horrifying footage has captured a machete-wielding teenager and his friends chasing after a driver before allegedly stabbing him and stealing his Porsche in Melbourne as the city was rocked by a weekend of violence.
CCTV captured the alleged attack unfold outside of a petrol station on Stud Road at North Dandenong at 10pm on Saturday.
Police are investigating whether the incident was linked to any of the brawls that took place on the same night with three separate assaults rocking the city, where one was stabbed to death and seven others were rushed to hospital.
Horrifying footage has captured a machete-wielding teen and his friends chasing after a driver before allegedly stabbing him and stealing his Porsche in Melbourne as the city was rocked by a night of violence
CCTV captured the alleged attack unfold outside of a petrol station on Stud Road at North Dandenong at 10pm on Saturday
One was on King Street, the other on Bourke Street and the third 1.3km away in Southbank with the incidents unfolding in the early hours of Sunday morning.
The alleged carjacking at the petrol station led to the 53-year-old man receiving multiple stab wounds while his passengers, a 25-year-old man and a 41-year-old woman, were unharmed.
Footage showed the group of teenagers dressed in tracksuits approaching the Porsche that was parked next to a petrol pump.
One of the alleged attackers was seen wielding a machete.
The female passenger could be seen running for her life as the car door was opened before the group then piled into the luxury vehicle.
Police later found the allegedly stolen Porsche abandoned more than 30km away at Queen Street just after 3am on Sunday.
A 17-year-old boy has been charged with aggravated carjacking, theft of motor vehicle, intentionally and recklessly cause injury, assault in company and assault with a weapon.
A 15-year-old boy has been charged with aggravated carjacking, theft of motor vehicle, affray and assault with a weapon.
Both teenagers have been remanded and will face children’s court at a later date.
A 22-year-old man was also arrested but later released pending further inquiries.
The alleged carjacking came as three assaults unfolded across Melbourne’s CBD.
Two men have been rushed to hospital after a stabbing in Melbourne’s CBD. Pictured: Homicide Squad detectives on Bourke Street on Sunday morning
Police set up separate crime scenes to examine the two stabbing incidents in the city’s centre and spent the morning scouring for evidence as detectives work to identify the offenders.
In the fatal incident, emergency services were called to Bourke Street about 5.45am following reports of an assault.
Two men were found with stab wounds and were rushed to hospital in a critical condition, where one of the victims, who is yet to be formally identified, later died.
The second man, aged in his 20s, remains in hospital in a stable condition with upper body injuries.
CCTV footage showed the brawl breaking out in front of the McDonald’s at the intersection into Hardware Lane as several men threw punches at each other.
One man in a white shirt falls to the ground and is kicked while he is down by two men before he jumps up and runs off.
Pictured: Police taped off the crime seen as they scoured the scene for evidence on Sunday
Homicide Squad detectives launched an investigation, with the exact circumstances surrounding the incident yet to be determined.
No arrests over the homicide have been made at this stage but a man, 19, was taken into custody at the scene for affray and is assisting police with their inquiries.
Detectives taped off Bourke Street between Elizabeth Street and Queen Street on Sunday as they examined the scene.
Victoria Police Acting Superintendent Troy Papworth confirmed the man accused of the stabbing remained on the run.
‘(The alleged offender) came into the city, with the intent to cause this offence they then fled the scene, and our police are still looking for those things where any members of this group involved,’ he said.
Earlier on Sunday, two men were found injured about 300 metres away after a wild brawl broke out outside the Inflation nightclub.
Footage shows the fight breaking out in front of a McDonalds on Bourke Street around 5.45am on Sunday
Victoria Police are urging anyone with information about either of the incidents to come forward. Pictured: A police officer takes a photo of the pavement in Melbourne’s CBD on Sunday
Police said the men were discovered with stab wounds 1.25am following a large affray at the intersection of Flinders Lane and King Street.
A 19-year-old male with suspected serious injuries and an unidentified man with life-threatening injuries have both been taken to hospital.
A crime scene has been set up and the area cordoned off while detectives examine the scene, with officers from the Major Crime Scene Unit also set to attend.
Police are looking at whether the two stabbings just hours apart are linked and CCTV footage from the council and local businesses are expected to play a major role in the investigation.
Photos taken at the scene showed blood smears on a car parked outside the nightclub.
Acting Superintendent Papworth said around eight people are believed to have been involved in the King Street assault.
‘We have investigators working to identify a number of incidents that have caused a young man his life and left several other young men seriously injured,’ he said.
‘The separate incidents have not been linked at this stage.
Police are investigating if the two stabbings are related. Pictured: Inflation nightclub on King Street in Melbourne’s CBD
Pictured: Emergency services personnel attend an assault in Southbank around 12.40am on Sunday
‘I assure you that we will come down hard on people who continue to come into the city, and bring violence with them.’
In a third earlier incident, three men were left injured after an assault in Southbank.
Police have been told two groups of men appeared to argue as they were leaving a bar along Riverside Quay about 12.40am.
The argument allegedly spilled onto the promenade footpath, where three men were set upon by two other men.
A 25-year-old man from Springvale was struck heavily to the face before he fell and hit his head on the ground.
The two other men, aged 24 and 25-years from Keysborough and Cheltenham, received facial injuries.
The pair who police said appeared to be the aggressors fled the scene.
Anyone who witnessed any of the incidents, has video footage or further information is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
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