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Cranbourne West stabbing: Shocking video as young police officer screams out in pain after stabbing

Max Corstorphan & Matt Shrivell
The Nightly
A young police officer has been stabbed in Melbourne’s southeast, allegedly at the hands of a teenager who carefully planned the attack.

A young police officer can be heard screaming in shocking footage that has emerged showing the moments after he was stabbed.

“Oh f***, I’ve just been stabbed, oh f***,” he can be heard shouting after the attack during a burglary call that police are alleging was designed to lure them to the location.

Victoria Police were called to a residential address on George Frederick Road in Cranbourne West around 4.30pm on Tuesday, in response to reports of a burglary in progress.

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Upon arrival, officers were instead confronted by a male teen in the driveway of the property.

During the encounter, the suspect allegedly stabbed one of the officers in the leg.

Video captured by a neighbour and shown on 7NEWS shows the moments following the attack.

A police officer has been stabbed in the leg when he showed up to a property in Melbourne’s southeast for an aggravated burglary.
A police officer has been stabbed in the leg when he showed up to a property in Melbourne’s southeast for an aggravated burglary. Credit: 7NEWS

The officer can be seen kneeling on the ground outside the home attending to their injured colleague, who screams out in pain.

When asked if he could manage to get up he says: “Nah, I don’t wanna walk, I’m bleeding too bad.”

7NEWS reports the alleged attacker, 18-year-old Moses Thurairajasingam, can be seen being bundled into the back of a police van with an officer yelling at him to “get the f*** in there”.

It’s understood the wounded officer had only been in the job for 18 months.

Thurairajasingam was charged with assaulting an emergency worker on duty, intentionally causing serious injury, common law assault and making a false report to police.

He faced Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday where prosecutors said the teen was trying to get police to shoot him.

The court was told he had asked his sister: “If I stab someone, will someone shoot me?”

The magistrate told the court his alleged actions were premeditated and said the teen posed a risk to the community.

Thurairajasingam was denied bail and will undergo psychiatric treatment in custody before returning to court on November 22.

The constable sustained non-life-threatening injuries and was transported to hospital for medical treatment.

Police have confirmed that there was no aggravated burglary in progress, alleging instead that a triple zero call was made to lure officers to the property.

The Cranbourne West teen was charged with multiple offences, including assaulting an emergency worker on duty, intentionally causing serious injury, common law assault, and making a false report to police.

He has been remanded in custody and is scheduled to appear at Melbourne Magistrates Court on Wednesday.

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