Victoria Police arrest man after fatal Southbank stabbing

Police have laid a murder charge after a man was found in a Melbourne apartment complex with stab wounds.

Police have charged a man with murder after another man died from stab wounds at a Melbourne apartment building on Saturday morning.

Emergency officials were called to the apartment complex on Sturt Street in Southbank shortly after midnight and told a man had been injured.

Paramedics treated him at the scene but his life could not be saved.

Police arrested a 29-year-old man from the rural township of Toolangi and he was charged with murder later on Saturday.

The suspect was detained and was given a court date at the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on October 1.

Police at the crime scene on Saturday morning. Photo: NCA NewsWire / Sarah Matray

The dead man has not yet been identified. As of Saturday morning, police had not determined “the exact circumstances surrounding the incident”, a statement said.

Detectives are not looking for anyone else in relation to the stabbing.

Detective Sergeant Sol Solomon at the scene. Photo: NCA NewsWire / Sarah Matray