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Woman stabbed, child assaulted in Melbourne CBD attack
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A man has been arrested after a woman and a child were attacked near the Victoria Police headquarters in Melbourne's CBD. Police have been told a 10-year-old boy was assaulted on Spencer Street near the corner of La Trobe Street about 1pm. They say a woman who was with the boy intervened and was stabbed in the upper body.
A man has been arrested after a woman and a child were attacked near the Victoria Police headquarters in Melbourne's CBD.
Police have been told a 10-year-old boy was assaulted on Spencer Street near the corner of La Trobe Street about 1pm.
They say a woman who was with the boy intervened and was stabbed in the upper body.
Nearby police officers arrested a 27-year-old Sunshine West man and seized a pair of scissors.
He is yet to be interviewed by police.
"It is believed the parties were not known to each other," a police spokesperson said.
The boy and the 30-year-old woman from Cowes, south-east of Melbourne, were taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
An investigation into the incident is continuing.
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