Stabbing rocks Melbourne: Boy, 10, and woman rushed to hospital and man arrested
A man has been arrested after allegedly attacking a young boy and stabbing his mother outside police headquarters in Melbourne’s CBD.
A 10-year-old boy was allegedly assaulted outside Victoria Police head quarters on Spencer Street near the corner of La Trobe Street at about 1pm on Tuesday.
A 30-year-old woman, reportedly his mother, attempted to intervene when she too was allegedly stabbed.
The family are believed to be from the Phillip Island region in Victoria’s south-eastern part of the state.
Both were taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
The woman was stabbed to the upper body, police confirmed.
Melbourne radio 3AW, who revealed the pair were mother and son, reported the alleged offender appeared drug affected when he was tackled to the ground.
Police in the vicinity quickly arrested a 27-year-old Sunshine West man, in Melbourne’s west, and seized a pair of scissors.
It is understood the man was not known to each of his alleged victims.
Victoria Police has launched an investigation and were expected to face the media at 4pm on Tuesday.
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A man has been arrested after a boy and woman were allegedly stabbed in Melbourne’s CBD
