A man has been charged after a tradie was stabbed while trying to perform a citizen’s arrest in Melbourne’s CBD this morning.
A knife-wielding man was seen acting erratically as he ran through a car park on Lonsdale Street, near Melbourne Central, about 6am, police allege.
Two tradies chased him down Elizabeth Street before tackling him to the ground near the intersection of Lonsdale Street.
The knife-wielding man was tackled on the corner of Elizabeth and Lonsdale Streets about 6am. (Nine)
They held the man, a 32-year-old from Dallas, until police arrived three minutes later and took him into custody.
One of the tradies, a 41-year-old Maddingley man, was stabbed in the lower body, according to police.
He was taken to St Vincent’s Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
The other tradie, a 35-year-old Sanctuary Lakes man, was uninjured.
The 32-year-old Dallas man has been charged with affray, recklessly causing injury, and using a controlled weapon without excuse.
He has been remanded in custody to appear at Melbourne Magistrates’ Court tonight.