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Police chase through Bourke Street Mall ends in multiple arrests
Four teenagers were arrested after a stolen BMW was pursued through Melbourne CBD, causing tram diversions and no reported injuries, police said.
- At Bourke Street Mall, police are responding to an incident after a pursuit through the Melbourne CBD, which ended when suspects allegedly abandoned the vehicle and fled on foot.
- A white BMW believed stolen on Sunday was allegedly driven erratically on the Eastern Freeway, prompting Victoria Police to follow it into the CBD.
- Four teenagers were arrested a short time later after fleeing on foot and were detained outside a Lonsdale Street shopping centre, Victoria Police said multiple arrests followed the incident.
- Police said there have been no injuries and no ongoing threat to the community, and officers remain at the busy shopping area where a pedestrian struck on Exhibition Street was taken to hospital for observation.
- Yarra Trams said routes 86 and 96 were diverted from Bourke Street Mall due to an emergency services request, delaying two tram routes as a white BMW with smashed windows blocked the mall.
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‘Never seen so many cops’: City safety in spotlight after car chase in Bourke Street Mall
Police arrested four teenage boys after the pursuit which began on the Eastern Freeway in Doncaster and ended in the mall outside Myer on Monday afternoon.
·Sydney, Australia
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