Vic: Man stabbed to death and bike stolen

AAP General News (Australia)
08-25-2005
Vic: Man stabbed to death and bike stolen

By Kellee Nolan

MELBOURNE, Aug 25 AAP - A 25-year-old man has been stabbed to death in an attack involving
three others in broad daylight on an inner Melbourne street.

While the motive for the stabbing is unclear, police said the victim's bicycle was
stolen after the attack.

It appeared the Reservoir man was walking down the street with his girlfriend in Collingwood
shortly before midday when he was approached by a man armed with a knife, Detective Senior
Sergeant Ron Iddles said.

There was an argument, two other men joined the attacker, the victim was stabbed and
the offenders fled with his racing bicycle.

Paramedics could not revive the man, whose name has not been released.

Police later arrested three men at a school in the neighbouring suburb of Abbotsford,
after a tip-off from a member of the public.

The trio were being questioned, Sen Sgt Iddles said.

The victim's girlfriend told police the man who approached them did not say anything
and targeted her partner.

"It appears it is someone going about their business apprehended by a man with a knife,"

Snr Sgt Iddles said.

The couple had come from Reservoir on the train and got off at Victoria Park Station, he said.

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KEYWORD: STABBING LEAD

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