Two men have died and another is on the run after a deadly altercation as homicide detectives try to determine what happened.
A manhunt is under way after two men died with stab wounds.
Emergency services were called to a home in Clyde North, in Melbourne’s outer south-east, just after 9.30pm on Thursday.
When they arrived they found two men with stab wounds and, despite medical assistance, both died at the scene.
Homicide detectives said they were searching for a third man who they believe fled the scene before emergency crews arrived.
They are also speaking to other people who were at the home at the time.
A crime scene has been established while detectives attempt to determine what happened. Police are yet to formally identify the men but believe they were known to each other.
Neighbours have been told to stay indoors as the police hunt continues.
The crime scene on Observatory Street was extended on Friday morning to include a nearby display home car park metres away.
Neighbours were shocked to hear sirens in the normally quiet street around 9.30pm.
They said there was a party at the home in question on Thursday evening, which may have got out of hand.
“It’s very scary,” one neighbour, who didn’t want to be named, said.
“We actually watched as the police arrived, for quite some time, but police told us to stay inside our homes for our own safety.”
Numerous forensic police and homicide detectives arrived at the scene shortly before 9am on Friday and a police officer at the scene said they are expected to be there for most of the day.
Two SES tents remain in the street, one covering what is believed to be a body.
Homicide squad detectives are expected to speak to the media later on Friday, and have urged anyone with information to contact Crime Stoppers.
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