Marketplace deal ends with stabbing, two critical

Police are investigating a stabbing incident where three males were injured after an altercation at a suburban marketplace exchange.

It is understood the males were at Cobham Street at St Albans, in Melbourne's northwest, about 1.20pm on Sunday when a fight broke out.

A physical altercation between the trio occurred, leaving all three with stab wounds, police allege.

A 17-year-old boy and a man in his 20s were taken to hospital with critical injuries, while another man, 23, were taken to hospital with serious injuries.

Police were not looking for anyone else in relation to the incident and no arrests had yet been made.

It comes after an 18-year-old woman was taken to hospital with serious stab wounds after a brawl in the nearby suburb of Deer Park on Friday.

The Victorian government has vowed to introduce "Jack's Law" by early 2027 if Labor is re-elected in November, in a bid to curb knife crime across the state.

The powers will allow officers to use a handheld metal detector to "wand" people anywhere in public without a warrant, with an extra 1200 of the devices promised to do the job.

Queensland introduced the law after the deadly stabbing of teenager Jack Beasley during a night out on the Gold Coast in 2019, with NSW passing similar legislation in 2024.