Man stabbed trying to break up brawl in Fortitude Valley

A French national is in a serious condition after he was stabbed while trying to break up a brawl outside a pub.

Two men have been charged after a French national was stabbed when he attempted to break up a Brisbane brawl.

The man was seriously injured after the incident just before 3.30am on Friday on the corner of Wickham and Brunswick streets, outside the Prince Consort Hotel in Fortitude Valley.

The man, aged 27, suffered stab wounds to his chest and was taken to hospital in a serious but stable condition.

A man has been stabbed outside the Prince Consort Hotel in Fortitude Valley. Picture: Wikipedia

A friend of the man told 7News that he had been attempting to intervene in an altercation outside a bottle shop.

“Two people were fighting, and he was right in the middle and he got stabbed, I think, three times and he started bleeding,” the man said.

Two men allegedly fled the scene however were arrested nearby.

An 18-year-old Zillmere man has been charged with one count each of acts intended to cause grievous bodily harm, assault occasioning bodily harm, going armed to cause fear, and possess knife in a public place.

An 18-year-old Bald Hills man has been charged with acts intended to cause grievous bodily harm.

They are both due to appear before Brisbane Magistrates Court on Saturday.

Anyone with information is urged to contact Crime Stoppers.

Originally published as Man stabbed trying to break up brawl in Fortitude Valley