Man in custody following a stabbing attack at Glenhuntly train station

Man in custody following a stabbing attack at Glenhuntly train station

FOUR people, including a child, have been rushed to hospital in Melbourne after a man brandishing a knife pushed them “right in the path of an oncoming train”.

The bizarre attack occurred on Sunday morning when the man allegedly went on a stabbing spree at Glenhuntly station in the city’s south east and pushed passengers on to the tracks.

Victoria Police have said a man attacked the women at around 11am and stabbed a handbag one of the women was carrying. A 45-year-old is now in custody.

It is believed the knife then broke in half after which the man assaulted all four women and pushed them off the platforms and onto the tracks.

A woman in her 80s suffered head and leg injuries and another woman, aged in her 60s, received facial injuries. All four victims were taken to The Alfred Hospital.

Leader Newspapers reported that the man punched a woman in the head and then hit her child.

Witness Alfred, who did not provide his surname, was on the train when he saw the drama unfold.

“I jumped out and started yelling at him and he took off,” he said.

“He only wanted to hit vulnerable people. He didn’t want to confront anyone who could do anything about it.”

Alfred said the child, who looked about seven or eight-years old, managed not to cry.

“He was a tough little cookie,” Alfred said.

The alleged attacker was described as about 190cm tall with a shaved head and tattoos and appeared to be “out of his mind”.

Channel 7 have reported that a man “was calm” as he pushed three people onto the busy train tracks and then punched an elderly woman in the head.

A witness told the broadcaster the man pushed a woman onto tracks “right in the path of an oncoming train”.

Glenhuntly station is on Metro Trains’ Frankston line, one of the busiest on the Melbourne suburban train network.

One woman is reportedly being treated for head injuries, while another has head and leg injuries.

A 45-year-old man from Carnegie has been arrested and will be interviewed by police.

There has been no disruption to train services.