SYDNEY, July 21 (Xinhua) -- Two males have been hospitalized with serious injuries after being stabbed in separate incidents within 24 hours at shopping centers in Melbourne, Australia.
Emergency services were called to a shopping center in the suburb of Broadmeadows, 15 km north of central Melbourne, after one of the victims was found with stab wounds around 6:30 p.m. on Sunday.
Police have not confirmed his identity, but News Corp Australia newspapers reported that the victim was a 17-year-old boy.
He was treated at the scene before being taken to hospital in a critical condition.
A crime scene has been established, and an investigation into the attack is ongoing.
In a separate incident on Saturday night, a 33-year-old man was attacked by a group of people at a shopping center in Altona Meadows in Melbourne's west.
A police spokesperson told News Corp that the man was approached by a group of males and pushed to the ground before being struck on the arm with an edged weapon, believed to be a machete.
The man was taken to hospital where the lower part of his arm was amputated on Sunday.
As of Monday, no arrests had been made in relation to either attack. ■