A teenager has been left in a serious condition and a shopping centre plunged into lockdown following a horror stabbing.
Emergency services rushed to Northland Shopping Centre, Preston, in the north of Melbourne, at 2.39pm on Sunday after receiving reports of an assault.
'Police are responding to reports of numerous people fighting at a shopping centre on Murray Road in Preston this afternoon,' a Victoria Police spokeswoman said.
'The shopping centre has been locked down while the incident is ongoing.'
Several police cars and ambulances are on scene.
