Teen on murder charge over stabbing

A 17-year-old boy has been charged with murder after the fatal stabbing of a man in Perth overnight.

Police were called to a home in Girrawheen, in Perth's north, at 7pm on Tuesday where they found a man with serious injuries.

The 36-year-old man later died in hospital.

Major Crime Squad detectives took the youth from Girrawheen into custody and had been questioning him since Tuesday night.

The boy, who knew the victim, is due to appear before the Perth Children's Court on Wednesday.