Inmate stabbed to death at Melbourne's Port Phillip Prison

Updated January 01, 2018 20:26:35

An inmate has been stabbed to death at a Melbourne prison.

Paramedics were called to Port Phillip Prison just before 7pm and worked on the man for some time but he died at the scene.

A number of prisoners are being questioned.

The Homicide Squad is on its way to the jail.

Topics: law-crime-and-justice, crime, melbourne-3000, vic

First posted January 01, 2018 20:24:08

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