A shopping centre has been thrown into chaos following reports of a stabbing.

Police swarmed Bayside Shopping Centre in Frankston, south-east Melbourne, after a shopper was allegedly stabbed on Tuesday morning.

One worker told the Herald Sun a ‘substantial amount of blood’ was left on the ground prompting staff to close their stores. 

Another female staff member added that she had seen ‘quite a large machete’ amongst a group of about five young people.

A shopper said she and her mother had been escorted into a store after the pair saw the pool of blood.

Others on social media have also been reporting what they have seen online. 

‘My partner was walking down and all the doors were shut. He saw the kids with the knife and another kid that was bleeding everywhere,’ one person wrote.

The incident has since been resolved and stores inside the shopping centre had reopened by 11:45am. 

 Victoria Police have been contacted for a statement.

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