A man has been charged with murder after a 23-year-old man was stabbed to death in what police previously alleged was a “horrific” attack outside a Brisbane gym on Monday.
The 34-year-old from East Brisbane was arrested near the scene of the attack on Monday.
He has been charged with murder over the incident.
Man stabbed to death in Brisbane (New)
Police are still looking for two more men as they investigate the alleged murder.
Deputy Superintendent Andrew Massingham said the men may be armed, and it was in the interests of public safety that both men be taken into police custody immediately.
Superintendent Massingham said police carried out searches at properties in Ransom and Birkdale yesterday afternoon.
A third search of a Birkdale property this morning led to police arresting a 34-year-old man, who is not the man charged with murder.
Deputy Superintendent Andrew Massingham has appealed for the public to help police find the two men. (new)
Superintendent Massingham said it was believed all the men could be linked to the “fairly unknown” 13 Kings gang, which has a presence in Capalaba.
He said police believed the men had been watching the victim before she was attacked on Monday.
He said detectives believed the victim realized he was being followed and pulled into the parking lot of a Mansfield gym for shelter when he was allegedly attacked about 1 p.m. Monday.
The victim was allegedly chased by a black Audi and rammed by a Nissan Patrol before five men piled out of the cars and smashed the driver’s side window with a crowbar.
Police say they chased the victim as he tried to escape through the passenger door and one of the men stabbed him multiple times in the torso before four of the men fled in the Nissan Patrol.
The fifth man fled on foot.
Superintendent Massingham said police had not found the Nissan Patrol, which they believed was still in the area.