Melbourne tram stabbing: 51-year-old woman allegedly stabbed in the neck with kitchen knife in random attack
A 51-year-old woman has been stabbed in the neck in an alleged random public transport attack.
A woman has been stabbed in an alleged random attack while on a tram in Melbourne’s south on Tuesday.
The 51-year-old woman was on tram route 1 travelling along Eastern Rd in South Melbourne when she was allegedly attacked by a man at about midday.
The attacker allegedly lunged at the woman with a kitchen knife, stabbing her in the neck.
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The woman was reportedly attended to by paramedics after the attack whilst holding her dog, who she was travelling with.
She was taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
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