{"id":553180,"date":"2026-03-20T16:45:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T16:45:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/553180\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T16:45:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T16:45:16","slug":"cctv-shows-moment-woman-is-stabbed-inside-shopping-centre-in-clayton-melbourne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/553180\/","title":{"rendered":"CCTV shows moment woman is stabbed inside shopping centre in Clayton, Melbourne"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">Terrifying footage has emerged of the moment a woman was stabbed inside a shopping centre in <a class=\"css-1lg16vp-StyledTextLink ezegcyi0\" data-link-type=\"article-inline\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/7news.com.au\/news\/melbourne\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Melbourne<\/a>\u2018s southeast.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">CCTV shows the 25-year-old on an escalator inside the M-City Shopping Centre in Clayton on Thursday morning when a young male comes up from behind and stabs her in the back.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">The male is then seen running back down the escalator while the woman turns around to look at her attacker.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-178igh4-StyledParagraph e1s06mna1\">Know the news with the 7NEWS app: <a class=\"css-h2mhmv-StyledContextualLink e1s06mna0\" href=\"https:\/\/7news.com.au\/app?utm_source=7NEWS&amp;utm_medium=contextual-link-app&amp;utm_campaign=7news-app\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Download today Arrow<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">A passerby stops and helps the woman, who was on her way to work at the time, before calling triple-0.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">She was taken to hospital in a serious but stable condition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">Her alleged attacker fled the area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">A 16-year-old boy was arrested not long after at a medical centre in Clayton.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">He was charged with intentionally causing injury, recklessly causing injury, assault with a weapon, possessing a controlled weapon, theft and committing an indictable offence while on bail.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">He was remanded to appear at a children\u2019s court at a later date.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1f5c117052896dec80c0202b390a2f4c04883bbd.jpg\" alt=\"The woman was stabbed inside the M-City Shopping Centre in Clayton.\" class=\"css-16r7l45-StyledImage en5ut4d0\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>The woman was stabbed inside the M-City Shopping Centre in Clayton. 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