Australia news live: man charged after allegedly stabbing woman with scissors in Melbourne

A man from Sunshine West has been charged with several assault-related offences after allegedly attacking a woman and her son outside a police station in Melbourne. The woman was stabbed with a pair of scissors and the boy was punched, resulting in non-life-threatening injuries that required hospital treatment.

The victims, who were visiting from Cowes, were taken to hospital after the incident on Tuesday. According to police, the parties did not know one another.

The man was charged with affray, intentionally causing injury, two counts of unlawful assault, conduct endangering life, and conduct endangering serious injury. He was remanded to appear at Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday, as reported by The Guardian Australia.

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