Triple stabbing plunges Dandenong North Primary into lockdown as woman fights for life

Three people were taken to hospital after a stabbing at a property opposite Dandenong North Primary School in Melbourne’s south-east. A 28-year-old woman is in a critical condition, while a 26-year-old man and a 35-year-old have serious but non-life-threatening injuries; police are investigating.

The incident was reported at about 11.30am on Friday, and the injured people are known to one another. The school went into lockdown as a precaution, but no pupils were involved or believed to have witnessed the incident; students and staff were later confirmed safe, and the normal timetable resumed. Police said they were not seeking anyone else.