{"id":518700,"date":"2026-01-15T20:15:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T20:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/518700\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T20:15:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T20:15:11","slug":"woman-attacked-while-walking-her-dog-in-melbourne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/518700\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman attacked while walking her dog in Melbourne"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Police have appealed for public assistance in finding a man who assaulted a woman who was walking her dog in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.9news.com.au\/melbourne\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Melbourne\">Melbourne<\/a> late last year.<\/p>\n<p>The woman, 35, was walking her dog along the footpath of Riversdale Road, Hawthorn, at about 10.30pm on November 20, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>She was approached by an unknown man as she reached the corner of Kooyongkoot Road.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/f4fae8e9-4001-4e98-b29a-12bc4624263e.jpeg\"   alt=\"\"\/>Police have released a computer generated image of a man as they investigate an assault in Hawthorn, Melbourne. (Victoria Police)<\/p>\n<p>The man demanded money from her, then punched her and fled on foot.<\/p>\n<p>The woman sustained minor injuries.\ufeff<\/p>\n<p>The man was last seen running east on Riversdale Road towards Camberwell.<\/p>\n<p>He is described as Caucasian in appearance, aged in his 40s, 180cm tall, of medium build, with short, dark hair, and brown, glazed \ufeffeyes.<\/p>\n<p>He was wearing a black hoodie, dirty light grey pants, and no shoes at the time of the assault.<\/p>\n<p>\ufeffPolice have released a computer-generated image of a man they believe could aid the investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Anybody with information or relevant footage is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.police.vic.gov.au\/www.crimestoppers.com.au\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"online\">online<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Police have appealed for public assistance in finding a man who assaulted a woman who was walking her&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":518701,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4740,50],"class_list":{"0":"post-518700","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-australia","9":"tag-news"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115900954992535784","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/518700","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=518700"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/518700\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/518701"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=518700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=518700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=518700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}