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News card: Man charged with murder after a fatal stabbing at a home in Melbourne's St Albans

News card from EXE Index. Headline: Man charged with murder after a fatal stabbing at a home in Melbourne's St Albans. Locator map of metropolitan Melbourne (Wikimedia Commons, Cassowary, GFDL, markers added) with a red marker on the suburb of St Albans in the north-west and grey dots for Melbourne CBD, Footscray, Broadmeadows and Werribee above Port Phillip; not a photo of the incident. Key facts for Sunday, October 18, 2026: just after 12:30 AM local time, police were called to a home on Belfort Street, St Albans; a 56-year-old St Albans man with stab wounds died in hospital; a 31-year-old St Albans man arrested at the scene is charged with murder and is due in Melbourne Magistrates' Court on October 19; police believe the two knew each other. Sources: Victoria Police, ABC News, Nine News, VicNews. exeindex.com/crime. Record dispatch:2026-10-18-au-st-albans-murder. @exeindex.
Locator map with a suburb-level marker for St Albans, Melbourne; not an image of the incident. Map: Wikimedia Commons, User:Cassowary (Australia_Victoria_metropolitan_Melbourne_location_map.svg), markers and labels added by EXE Index · GFDL 1.2 or later (map); card by EXE Index

Oct 18: A 31-year-old man has been charged with murder after a 56-year-old man was fatally stabbed at a home on Belfort Street in St Albans, Melbourne, Victoria Police say. Arrested at the scene, he is due in Melbourne Magistrates' Court on Oct 19. Map

What
News card: Man charged with murder after a fatal stabbing at a home in Melbourne's St Albans
Where
Oceania
When
2026-10-18
Source
Victoria Police
Credit
Locator map with a suburb-level marker for St Albans, Melbourne; not an image of the incident. Map: Wikimedia Commons, User:Cassowary (Australia_Victoria_metropolitan_Melbourne_location_map.svg), markers and labels added by EXE Index
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GFDL 1.2 or later (map); card by EXE Index
Details
Oceania, Australia

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  1. Victoria Police
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