Police arrest five men after Carlton assault

Five men have been arrested following an alleged assault in Carlton on Monday, 22 August.

Police responded to reports of an assault on Lygon Street about 11pm, where two men were allegedly assaulted and threatened with knives.

They were not injured.

Investigators were told the offenders fled the scene in a vehicle.

The vehicle was located at the intersection of Dryburgh Street and Arden Street in North Melbourne a short time later.

The five occupants of the vehicle, a 26-year-old Tarneit man, a 24-year-old Footscray man, a Collingwood man aged 20, a Dandenong North man aged 20 and a 23-year-old Fitzroy man, were arrested.

They are assisting police with their enquiries.

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