Dandenong stabbing Woodlee Street Melbourne, Digi Mart USA News (Dandenong, Melbourne’s south-east, Victoria, Australia): A woman is fighting for her life and two men have been seriously injured after a stabbing at a home in Melbourne’s south-east, an incident that placed a nearby school into lockdown.
Emergency services were called to a property on Woodlee Street in Dandenong and arrived around 11:30 a.m. to find three people with stab wounds.
A 28-year-old woman was taken to hospital in a life-threatening condition.
Two men, aged 26 and 35, were taken to hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries. The Dandenong Family Violence Investigation Unit detectives are investigating the incident.
Police believe the three people are known to each other and are not looking for anyone else. Victoria Police Acting Inspector Rebecca Hall told reporters that police are “trying to establish exactly what has occurred.”
“Police don’t have any concerns for any other people,” Hall said. “All the parties involved in this incident were known to each other.
They’re currently in hospital with police members being treated for their injuries.”
While she could not reveal the extent of the woman’s life-threatening stab wounds, Hall described the injuries as “serious.” “It would be confronting for the police officers who attended the scene,” she added.
Dandenong North Primary School, located opposite the home, went into lockdown as a precaution. Hall said the children were inside school premises when the incident took place.
“No students were involved and the school enacted its emergency procedures as a precaution. All students and staff are safe,” a Department of Education spokesperson said.
“The school proceeded with its normal timetable once police advised it was safe to do so. Dandenong North Primary School is providing wellbeing support to any students and staff who need it.”
A crime scene guard remains on Woodlee Street, and detectives remain at the scene as they await assistance from the Major Crime Scene Unit. Anyone who was in the area at the time and may have dashcam or CCTV footage is urged to contact Crime Stoppers.
