A MAN has handed himself to police overnight following an alleged stabbing in Melbourne’s CBD on Monday morning.

A 31-year-old Lilydale man presented at a police station overnight and has been arrested.

The man is currently in police custody.

media_camera A man police sought to speak to over a CBD stabbing. Picture: Supplied

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A 33-year-old Reservoir man and a 37-year-old Reservoir woman were attacked on the corner of Elizabeth and Flinders St on Monday morning.

Police allege the pair were approached by a man outside 7/Eleven about 4.20am when an physical altercation broke out over a mobile phone.

The man and woman were both stabbed repeatedly in the stomach and lower back.

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The man suffered life-threatening injuries and both victims required emergency surgery.

Four people were arrested shortly after the violent assault but have since been released and police say they are being treated as witnesses.

As of today, police are not looking for anyone else in relation to the incident.



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