SYDNEY, April 20 (Xinhua) -- A man has died after being stabbed during a fight in Melbourne, Australia.

Police said that officers were called to reports of a stabbing during an altercation in a popular nightlife district in Prahran, 5 km southeast of central Melbourne, at about 1:30 a.m. on Sunday.

The stabbing victim, a man who has not been formally identified, was taken to the hospital by emergency services and later died there.

A police statement said that no arrests were made, and detectives from the homicide squad were investigating the incident.

Local media reported that the victim was in his 20s.

Photographs from the scene published by News Corp Australia newspapers showed a large stretch of street cordoned off by police tape while forensic investigators examined bloody items of clothing and nearby vehicles. ■