Police are responding to an incident in Melbourne’s Bourke Street Mall following a pursuit through the CBD this afternoon.

Victoria Police said in a statement that a number of people had been arrested. 

“We will provide further information when it comes to hand but there have been no injuries during the incident and there is no threat to the community,” a spokesperson said.

Vision of the mall showed a white BMW with partially shattered front and rear windshields parked over the tram tracks that run through the shopping strip.

A number of people were also gathered in the street.

A witness has told the ABC he had just finished lunch at a restaurant on the corner of Bourke and Swanston Streets when he saw a white BMW driving down the mall — a pedestrian and tram area — at about 50 to 60 kilometres an hour.

“Then as we turned the corner we noticed police cars were coming down as well,” the witness, Vince Galasso, said.

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Vince Galasso says he saw a white BMW speeding down Bourke Street Mall. (ABC News)

“As we were approaching and got near the car we saw that police were coming [the other] way as well.

“They were coming from every direction.”

He said he then saw police officers run into Myer carrying firearms. 

Yarra Trams said the route 86 and 96 trams were being diverted away from Bourke Street Mall due to the “emergency services request”. 

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