Police hunt continues after CBD stabbing
One of the men allegedly involved in a fatal stabbing in the Adelaide CBD in the early hours of Anzac Day remains at large, police say, as Premier Peter Malinauskas says the State Government will change legislation or boost police resources if it’s required to tackle gang violence.
A Victorian teenager has been charged with murder after a man was allegedly stabbed to death in Adelaide in the early hours of Anzac Day.
Officers were called to North Terrace just after 2am to find the 25-year-old Victorian lying on the road with multiple stab wounds to his chest. He died shortly afterwards.
Detectives arrested the 17-year-old Meadows Heights boy at Adelaide Airport on Monday evening as he tried to return to Victoria.
The teen was charged with murder, aggravated affray and travelling under a false name.
Another three Victorians, an 18-year-old man, a 21-year-old man and a 16-year-old boy, were also arrested at the airport and charged with offences including aggravated affray.
The stabbing is alleged to have followed a confrontation between up to 20 members of two gangs, one called 051 and the other KBS.
Detective Superintendent Des Bray said after the confrontation in a laneway, the victim was chased down by three men before being fatally stabbed and stomped on.
One of those men remains at large.
Bray described the clash between the two groups as a knife fight and said it came after six gang members flew into Adelaide from both Sydney and Melbourne on Friday.
Detectives have seized a number of weapons including knives and are checking a large amount of CCTV footage.
“It’s important that everybody remembers that these are violent young criminals, who on this occasion, happen to be African,” Bray told reporters on Tuesday.
“These young criminals are not truly representative of the wider African community.”
As well as those detained at the airport, another 13 people were arrested on Monday for a range of offences, including weapons and assault charges.
Premier Peter Malinauskas said the events over the weekend “have shocked us all because it was so graphic”.
“If there are actions that are required then naturally the government will be willing to take them,” he told reporters on Tuesday.
“The former Labor government when we saw the prospect of outlaw motorcycle gangs causing concern in the community, we responded with a strong legislative response that was specifically orientated towards that threat.
“If there is other legislative reforms or resources that need to be put in place that respond to this threat, then we’ll take those actions.”
