A man has been charged with murder after another man was fatally stabbed following an argument at an inner-city unit complex in Brisbane.

Police were called to a unit on Hamilton Place in Bowen Hill in Brisbane’s inner north at about 4.15am on Sunday.

Officers found a 39-year-old man with life-threatening stab wounds to his chest and back. He was taken to hospital but was declared dead a short time later.

Acting Detective Inspector Murray O’Connell said the victim was involved in an argument with two other people in a unit before he was stabbed.

He said the man had tried to flee before emergency services arrived to provide assistance.

O’Connell said it was a traumatic scene for first responders.

“There was some blood there, as you would expect given the stab injuries,” he said on Sunday.

A 22-year-old man and 45-year-old woman, both known to the victim and believed to live at the Bowen Hills unit, assisted police with their investigations on Sunday afternoon.

The 22-year-old man was later charged with one count of murder.

He is due to appear in Brisbane Magistrates Court on Monday.

-AAP