Four Arrested After Lygon Street Double Stabbing on New Year's Eve

Four people have been arrested over a double stabbing outside a restaurant on the popular Lygon Street dining strip in Melbourne's inner northern Carlton. A 20-year-old Heidelberg West man and an 18-year-old from New South Wales suffered serious injuries when they were attacked by a group armed with machetes and knives about 11:45pm on New Year's Eve. Victoria Police said detectives from the gang crime squad, VIPER organised crime taskforce, and crime investigation unit made the arrests in Melbourne this week. A 21-year-old Fitzroy man has been charged with violent disorder, intentionally causing serious injury and affray. He was remanded in custody to appear at Melbourne Magistrates' Court tomorrow. A 17-year-old boy has been charged with the same offences and remanded to appear in a children's court. A 19-year-old from Carlton and a 21-year-old from Reservoir have been released pending further investigations. A Victoria Police spokesperson said it was alleged the incident was deliberate and the parties knew each other. Yesterday, homicide squad detectives charged three men over the fatal shooting of 16-year-old Ater Good in Fitzroy on January 3. Police said they were investigating whether there were any links between the shooting and the New Year's Eve stabbings.