{"id":176751,"date":"2025-09-29T04:42:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T04:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/176751\/"},"modified":"2025-09-29T04:42:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T04:42:10","slug":"multiple-people-arrested-at-bourke-st-mall-in-melbournes-cbd-following-pursuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/176751\/","title":{"rendered":"Multiple people arrested at Bourke St mall in Melbourne\u2019s CBD following pursuit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">A major police operation unfolded at a busy shopping precinct in <a class=\"css-1lg16vp-StyledTextLink ezegcyi0\" data-link-type=\"article-inline\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/7news.com.au\/news\/melbourne\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Melbourne\u2019s<\/a> CBD following a pursuit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">The pursuit ended at the Bourke St Mall about 1.20pm on Monday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">7NEWS understands a car was stolen by a group of teens armed with machetes who drove the vehicle down the shopping strip at speed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-178igh4-StyledParagraph e1s06mna1\">Know the news with the 7NEWS app: <a class=\"css-cvgehw-StyledContextualLink e1s06mna0\" href=\"https:\/\/7news.com.au\/app?utm_source=7NEWS&amp;utm_medium=contextual-link-app&amp;utm_campaign=7news-app\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Download today <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/7news.com.au\/static\/media\/right-red-arrow.92bca5db.svg\" alt=\"Download today\" height=\"14\" width=\"20\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">Police said a \u201cnumber of people\u201d had been arrested.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">\u201cWe 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,\u201d police said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">Officers remain at the scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">Route 96 and 86 trams have been delayed due to the incident.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/a6339709f8cd670f9fced4a5656a0f37a397c886.jpg\" alt=\"Police remain at the scene.\" class=\"css-16r7l45-StyledImage en5ut4d0\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>Police remain at the scene. 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