{"id":667789,"date":"2026-05-13T08:08:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T08:08:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/667789\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T08:08:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T08:08:18","slug":"man-under-police-guard-in-hospital-after-explosive-detonated-queen-victoria-market-atm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/667789\/","title":{"rendered":"Man under police guard in hospital after explosive detonated Queen Victoria Market ATM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">A man is in hospital under police guard after allegedly blowing up an ATM at Queen Victoria Market in Melbourne.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Victoria Police said three people used an explosive to gain access to the ATM in Victoria Street around 2:45am.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">The trio fled on foot, but one man was found injured a short time later in Peel Street.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A paramedic and a person on a stretcher.\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/48a2def5c7767d1ff0bf1978b5b30583.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">A man aged in his 40s was treated by paramedics and later taken to hospital. (ABC News)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">An Ambulance Victoria spokesperson said Advanced Life Support paramedics responded around 3am.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">&#8220;A male in his 40s was treated for upper body injuries and transported to The Alfred in a serious condition,&#8221; the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Victoria Police said the man was under police guard and would be interviewed.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A damaged ATM.\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/f6c7babef4de0cb6355b34cca78efb5e.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">Three men were spotted on security cameras at the ATM at Queen Victoria Market.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Queen Victoria Market chief executive Matt Elliot said police arrived at the scene two minutes after the men were flagged as suspicious.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">&#8220;They were identified on our security cameras immediately and identified as suspicious and our security then contacted Victoria Police,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">&#8220;That was sufficient time for them to interfere with the ATM and unfortunately they&#8217;ve hurt themselves in the process.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Mr Elliott said he was not sure what type of explosive was used on the ATM.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">&#8220;I understand it wasn&#8217;t anything of scale \u2026 it was described to me like hitting it with a hammer, that kind of impact,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Police said the investigation into the incident was ongoing and urged anyone with information or footage to call CrimeStoppers on 1800 333 000.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A man is in hospital under police guard after allegedly blowing up an ATM at Queen Victoria Market&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":667790,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[45387,18065,64,63,86957,104700,3899,44,1158,45388],"class_list":["post-667789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-arrest","tag-atm","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-blast","tag-explosion","tag-injury","tag-news","tag-police","tag-robbery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/667789","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=667789"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/667789\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/667790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=667789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=667789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=667789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}