Second male arrested following Ascot Vale fatal stabbing

Homicide Squad detectives have this morning arrested a 16-year-old boy following a fatal stabbing in Ascot Vale on Sunday afternoon.

The boy, from the Moonee Valley area, was arrested in Carlton around 10.45am with the assistance of the Fugitive Squad.

He has been conveyed to hospital under police guard to be treated for an existing injury to his hand and will then be interviewed by investigators.

An 18-year-old man of no fixed place of address was charged on Monday with intentionally cause injury, affray, escape custody and theft.

He was remanded to appear at Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on Thursday, 18 December.

The charges follow an incident where emergency services were called to reports of a man found with stab wounds on Maribyrnong and Union roads about 3.45pm on Sunday, 7 December.

A 40-year-old man from Ascot Vale was conveyed to hospital with life threatening injuries, where he later died.

Detectives are not looking for anyone else in relation to this incident.

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