Police say they will allege that she was "self-radicalised". Victoria Police acting Deputy Commissioner Ross Guenther said comments made by the woman when she was interviewed by police led them to believe the incident was terrorism-related. "In the course of some disclosures in the interview it became apparent that circumstances led them to believe it was a terror attack," he said. "That then saw the Joint Counter Terrorism Team take over." The alleged attack was witnessed by the man's five-year-old daughter, who was not injured. Police and neighbours said Ms Shoma was wearing a burqa at the time. Ms Shoma was arrested at the property on Friday afternoon by Whittlesea detectives, who arrived soon after neighbours reported the incident upon hearing the man's distress.

She was taken to the Northern Hospital with a minor hand injury. The residence in Callistemon Rise, Mill Park, where the stabbing is alleged to have occurred on Friday afternoon. Credit:Chris Hopkins Ambulance officers treated the man, who is known to neighbours as "Roger", at the scene and transported him to the Royal Melbourne Hospital with injuries to his neck and shoulder. He was due to undergo surgery on Saturday and is in a serious but stable condition. 'There was blood everywhere': neighbour

On Saturday afternoon, police opened the garage door at the Callistemon Rise address, which revealed bloodstains on the floor of the garage. A neighbour who provided assistance after the stabbing said the woman was calm and did not try to escape or put up a struggle when police arrived. "When I got there there was blood everywhere and a neighbour was putting pressure on the wound," he said. "She was still there and I talked to her. She was very calm but didn't tell me anything." He said the victim was a man named Roger who had lived in the street for many years.

He said the woman had been living at the home for the past two days and that Roger regularly housed student lodgers. The neighbour, who did want to be named, said Roger was a "good man". Blood stains could be seen in the garage of the property at Callistemon Rise. Credit:Chris Hopkins Another neighbour, Mary, said Roger had stumbled out of the garage, covered in blood and carrying the kitchen knife his house guest had used to stab him. She said she called triple zero and followed instructions on how to treat Roger's wounds until paramedics arrived.

During this time Roger recounted what had happened, she said. "He said he was asleep on the mattress and when he woke up, she was standing over him with the knife still at his face. He tried to take the knife off her and he had a wound on his thumb," she said. She said the woman who stabbed him had been staying at Roger's address for the past two days and was due to attend classes at La Trobe University. She said an agency had asked Roger to house the woman at his property for 10 days until permanent accommodation could be found for her. A second university student had also been living at Roger's address for several months. "He hesitated and said there was something about her that made him uncomfortable," she said.

She said the woman started shouting when she was taken away by police, and was wearing a burqa when she was arrested. Australian Federal Police Acting Deputy Commissioner National Security Ian McCartney (Left) and Victoria Police acting Deputy Commissioner Ross Guenther brief the media on the incident. Credit:AAP Suspect had become 'self-radicalised' Deputy Commissioner Guenther said it appeared the woman had become self-radicalised over a period of time. Asked why police suspected that was the case, he said: “We know things like Inspire Magazine and some of the online publications of both al-Qaeda and ISIS can be a source of inspiration.”

When asked if police found evidence of the material, Deputy Commissioner Guenther said: “We will investigate all of those materials ... we look at social media, whether that’s on computer or phones that will be part of the investigation.” Police did not believe that this was part of a “broader threat”, the Deputy Commissioner said. “We are confident at this stage that this person acted alone and it was an inspired by a person who had become self-radicalised over a period of time. “The incident, as it will be alleged ... appeared to be directed just at that one person.” 'An isolated incident': police

Australian Federal Police acting Deputy Commissioner (National Security) Ian McCartney said the woman was inspired by ISIS, and “designed to cause harm to the community”, but confirmed that police would allege that this was an “isolated incident”. “We will allege before court that she’s ISIS inspired, so she’s been inspired by the doctrine of ISIS,” he said during a press conference on Saturday afternoon. The exact time when the student became radicalised, why she was radicalised and whether she was radicalised before she arrived in Australia would form part of the investigation. “When that radicalisation occurred is the subject and real focus of the investigation,” he said. The case highlighted "that the threat in relation to terrorism in Australia is real and ongoing".