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Man Critical After Stabbing in Merrigum Caravan Park Brawl

Police urge witnesses to share CCTV to aid a fast-moving inquiry.

Overview

  • Police were called to the Waverley Ave caravan park in Merrigum around 3:45am Saturday after reports of a brawl involving knives.
  • Officers found several people believed to be alcohol-affected and a 30-year-old man critically injured inside a cabin.
  • Paramedics treated the man at the scene before an air ambulance flew him to hospital in life-threatening condition.
  • Two men — a 28-year-old from Cootamundra, NSW, and a 51-year-old from Merrigum — were arrested nearby, and police seized a knife.
  • Shepparton Crime Investigation Unit detectives are interviewing the men, and the Major Crime Scene Unit is processing the site as officers appeal for information via Crime Stoppers.