Luxury shopping centre is plunged into lockdown as armed man roams the scene
- Shopping centre plunged into lockdown
- Knifeman reportedly roamed the scene
A luxury shopping centre in Melbourne was plunged into lockdown over reports of an armed man walking around inside.
A knifeman was reportedly roaming through Emporium on Lonsdale Street at about 11.30am on Thursday.
Shoppers were pulled into the stores with staff closing the shutters and barricading the entrances.
The Emporium shopping centre in Melbourne was plunged into lockdown over reports of an armed man walking around inside on Thurday morning
Victoria Police said the knifeman had been apprehended and taken to hospital for observation
One customer said they heard yelling and saw police walking throughout the centre.
‘Next thing they call a lockdown and we have to run into a store,’ she wrote on Twitter.
Victoria Police said the knifeman had been apprehended and taken to hospital for observation.
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