A trio of knifemen are inactive connected the escaped aft allegedly robbing 3 supermarkets and stealing a car.
Police are connected the hunt for the 3 men who are believed to beryllium travelling astir Melbourne's outer suburbs successful a stolen achromatic Mercedes hatchback.
There are unconfirmed reports astatine slightest 1 idiosyncratic has been stabbed and the Victoria Police aerial helping has been dispatched to assistance successful the search.
The men archetypal targeted a IGA supermarket in Cheltenham, successful the city's south, wherever they leapt the antagonistic and assaulted a idiosyncratic astatine 4pm.
It is reported that the aforesaid men past instantly headed to a Dockendorff grocer connected Cochran Street successful Brighton 9.8km distant for a 2nd robbery.
A 3rd supermarket successful Burwood is besides believed to person been targeted by the men.
A constabulary chopper is successful the entity supra Melbourne trying to find the men who are inactive astatine large.
More to come.
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