A man was arrested as a result of an incident with several stab wounds in Melbourne

Several people were stabbed this Friday in Melbourne's downtown Melbourne police said, which reportedly arrested a suspect near a burning vehicle.

they claimed to have treated three people at the scene, one of them with a neck wound in an "alleged critical state". The three men are hospitalized.

Victoria State Police Explain that police forces reacted "initially to the announcement of a burning car"

The Incident been registered in the neighborhood. Melbourne business around 4:20 pm when people started leaving work for the weekend.

"A man was arrested at the scene and taken to hospital under police escort in the critical state" police added.

Witnesses to the incident told the local media that the alleged abuser, a black man, had crashed into a vehicle in a Bourke Street shopping center and was immediately left the car on fire and began to stab with a knife to those present.

Local media broadcast footage of a man who threatened the police with a knife near the burning vehicle before being shot

The police investigating the facts, asked the people to avoid shooting. sector, although he said he was not looking for other suspects.