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Footage has emerged of the moment a teenage boy who was on bail is alleged to have stabbed a woman on an escalator in Melbourne\u2019s east this week.<\/p>\n
A 25-year-old woman from Mount Waverley remains in a serious but stable condition in hospital after being attacked while walking through the M-City Shopping Centre on Blackburn Road in Clayton on her way to work about 7.50am on Thursday.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The 16-year-old accused has been charged with six offences, including committing a crime while on bail.<\/p>\n
The CCTV from a drinks shop at M-City shopping centre, Clayton, shows a near-deserted mall before the 25-year-old, on her way to work, makes her way towards the escalators.<\/p>\n
Related Article A young male in a white top with black sleeves appears over her left shoulder moments later, staying a few paces behind her as she turns onto the escalator.<\/p>\n The footage shows he keeps this distance as the escalator takes them both up, then lunges with his right hand, towards the woman\u2019s back. He then turns and flees.<\/p>\n By the time the woman turns around, evidently perplexed by the sudden contact, he is almost off the escalator, stealing a glance over his shoulder as he runs back the way he came.<\/p>\n A passerby later helped the woman and called Triple Zero.<\/p>\n The woman was taken to The Alfred hospital with upper body injuries, Ambulance Victoria confirmed. She remained at the hospital in a serious but stable condition on Thursday night.<\/p>\n Police arrested the boy soon after at a local medical centre.<\/p>\n They later charged him with intentionally causing injury, recklessly causing injury, assaulting someone with a weapon, possessing a controlled weapon, theft and committing an indictable offence while on bail.<\/p>\n The boy was remanded in custody to appear at a children\u2019s court at a later date, police said.<\/p>\n It was the second stabbing in Melbourne in 24 hours. Early on Friday, a 71-year-old man arrived at a Port Melbourne cafe nursing three stab wounds.<\/p>\n Related Article Police are continuing to hunt for the culprit. Officers say the victim was stabbed by an unknown man while walking near Crighton Reserve on Liardett Street about 5.20am.<\/p>\n The victim\u2019s injuries are also not life-threatening. Police are seeking witnesses and information from the public.<\/p>\n In a third incident, police have charged a 15-year-old boy with slashing a 17-year-old with a machete in Mickleham, northern Melbourne, on Friday, February 27.<\/p>\n The 17-year-old has since been released from hospital, while the younger boy is now facing seven charges after turning himself in to a police station on Wednesday.<\/p>\n Police believe this incident was targeted and that a second teenager was also a perpetrator. Officers police are still trying to track down that individual.<\/p>\n Knife crime has returned to being a major topic of discussion in Victoria recently off the back of a number of serious crimes.<\/p>\n On March 6, 22-year-old Aidan Becker<\/a> died after being slashed by a gang of teenage boys while trying to stop them robbing another teenage boy.<\/p>\n On Wednesday this week, fresh crime statistics showed a record number of knives and machetes<\/a> were seized in 2025, despite the state government\u2019s three-month machete amnesty<\/a>.<\/p>\n Our Breaking News Alert will notify you of significant breaking news when it happens. Get it here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Save<\/p>\n You have reached your maximum number of saved items.<\/p>\n![\"Police](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/588e8dca3407b60321b53455427264e1f7b3adc9.jpeg\")
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