{"id":80015,"date":"2026-08-25T10:03:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T10:03:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/80015\/"},"modified":"2026-08-25T10:03:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T10:03:17","slug":"mum-stabbed-trying-to-help-attacked-son-in-melbourne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/80015\/","title":{"rendered":"Mum stabbed trying to help attacked son in Melbourne"},"content":{"rendered":"

A mum has been repeatedly stabbed while defending her son from a random attacked outside Victoria Police\u2019s headquarters in the Melbourne CBD<\/p>\n

A man has been arrested in Melbourne\u2019s CBD after allegedly assaulting a 10-year-old boy before stabbing his mum, who stepped in to help the child.<\/p>\n

The young boy from Bass Coast was allegedly assaulted on Spencer St near the corner of La Trobe St – where the headquarters of Victoria Police are located – about 1pm on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Victoria Police said his mum, 46, tried to intervene and stop the attack then was stabbed in the upper body.<\/p>\n

She was taken to hospital along with the boy to be treated for non-life-threatening injuries.<\/p>\n

A 27-year-old Sunshine West man was arrested shortly afterwards.<\/p>\n

The Herald Sun reports the mum and her son were on a family holiday at the time the attack unfolded.<\/p>\n

Superintendent Zorka Dunstan said the mother and her three kids were walking along the footpath when the Sunshine West man randomly punched her son.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe (allegedly) grabbed the mother in a headlock and he started to stab her repeatedly with a pair of scissors,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cA citizen immediately intervened and jumped onto the 27-year-old male, he\u2019s grabbed him off the female and … we had two other citizens also come and assist pinning him down.\u201d<\/p>\n

Police quickly attended the incident and arrested the man, who is known to police in Victoria, NSW and Western Australia.<\/p>\n

The superintendent said fortunately the other two children were not injured but were distressed after witnessing a horrific attack on their mum and brother.<\/p>\n

\u201cI gave (one of the boys) a hug because you know I was impacted just by watching how he reacted,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m just grateful that we had people assist immediately, there\u2019s no doubt that if they didn\u2019t assist it would have been a lot more serious.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s heroic … we are so grateful … and I\u2019m sure the family are as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

A pair of scissors were seized by police. <\/p>\n

The man is in custody and will be interviewed by police.<\/p>\n

He has not been charged.<\/p>\n

Police believe he was not known to the woman and boy.<\/p>\n

The incident unfolded just down the road from the Spencer St Police Station.<\/p>\n

More to come<\/p>\n

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