A 25-year-old man who boarded a bus in Melbourne’s east holding a machete has been arrested by police after concerned passengers alerted the driver.
The man boarded the bus around 4pm this afternoon at Ringwood Station.
Three Melbourne teenagers were also on the bus at the time and reportedly saw the man brandishing a large machete, ‘swinging it around like it was a toy’, they told Daily Mail Australia.
The man boarded the bus around 4pm this afternoon at Ringwood Station. Reza Jalaly, a Melbourne teenager, was also on the bus at the time and alleges he saw the man brandishing a large machete (pictured), he told Daily Mail Australia
Reza Jalaly, 16, noticed the man waiting at Ringwood Station with ‘something poking out of his shirt,’ he told Daily Mail Australia.
Shortly after, the man who was armed with the machete allegedly began to threaten the teenagers, gesturing towards the weapon.
‘He had something poking out of his shirt, he looked at my friends watch and tapped his wrist,’ the 16-year-old claimed.
The frightened teenager filmed the male passenger who sat at the front of the bus next to the driver.
Mr Jalaly said the bus was full of ‘terrified passengers’ and the man allegedly held the machete ‘swinging it around like it was a toy’.
Mr Jalaly, a 16-year-old passenger, said the bus was full of ‘terrified passengers’ and the allegedly armed man held the machete ‘swinging it around like it was a toy’
In the video footage the man walked away from the bus stop on Wantirna Road in Ringwood and appeared to try to conceal the weapon down the back of his shirt
Passengers notified the bus driver who pulled off to the side of the road and kicked the man off the bus.
In the video footage the man walked away from the bus stop on Wantirna Road in Ringwood.
The man allegedly tried to conceal the weapon down the back of his shirt.
Police were called and the man was arrested ‘without incident’, Victoria Police have said.
Nobody was injured. No charges have been laid and police say that investigations are continuing into the incident.
Passengers notified the bus driver who pulled off to the side of the road and kicked the man off the bus