• Three men attempted to steal a woman’s keys
  • They hit her with a machete after she resisted 
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By DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA REPORTER

Published: 21:53 BST, 18 May 2025 | Updated: 22:52 BST, 18 May 2025

A woman has been struck with a machete after being confronted by three men in a violent attempted carjacking.

The woman, 29, was refuelling at a service station on the Princes Highway at Dandenong, south-east Melbourne, when a white Ford SUV pulled up behind her about 6.35pm on Sunday.

As she returned to her car from paying in the store, three men approached and tried to steal her keys.

It’s understood one of the men initially demanded the keys before attempting to snatch them. 

The woman resisted, before one of them struck her in the arm with a machete, before they fled the scene.

The SUV had no number plates.

‘Investigations into the incident remain ongoing,’ Victoria Police said in a statement. 

The was taken hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Anyone with information that could assist police is urged to contact Crime Stoppers.

More to come… 

A woman has been struck with a machete after a violent attempted carjacking in Melbourne

A woman has been struck with a machete after a violent attempted carjacking in Melbourne

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Woman attacked with a machete after a violent attempted carjacking in Melbourne

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