A man has been charged after hiding in a lake following an alleged stabbing on a bus in south Melbourne overnight.
Police alleged the charged man verbally abused another man before stabbing him on a bus travelling along Canterbury Road in Middle Park at about 9pm yesterday.
The victim, 27, was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries.
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The offender then fled the scene on foot before he was found in a nearby lake and refused to get out, police say.
Water police attended the scene to coax the man out of the lake.
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The Prahran man, 32, was then arrested and treated by paramedics.
He was charged with intentionally causing injury and was remanded to appear before Melbourne Magistrates Court today.
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