Passengers were forced to hide behind seats after a man began hurling rocks at a train in north Melbourne on Friday night.
The Cragieburn bound train was forced to break around 10:45pm as a man was spotted running towards the tracks.
Passengers on board were just 200m metres from the Pascoe Vale station platform when they believed the rocks were gun shots.
Passengers were forced to hide behind seats after a man began hurling rocks at a train in north Melbourne on Friday night
The man reportedly jumped onto the railway tracks and threw rocks at several trains causing significant damage and delays.
Johannes Du Toit, a passenger on the train, told 9 News ‘everybody thought it was an attack’.
‘Everyone was asking, “is this an attack? Is this an attack”,’ Mr Du Toit said.
‘There were some elderly people right next to the window so we call screamed “get down, get down, get down”.
‘At first we thought it was gunshots cause it just rang out.’
The man reportedly jumped onto the railway tracks and threw rocks at several trains causing significant damage and delays
Several glass windows were shattered as the man continues to hurl rocks at the trains, causing hours of delays on the Cragieburn line.
The train was held at Pascoe Vale for over an hour as police were called to the scene.
Victoria Police confirmed a 20-year-old man Kealba was arrested under the Mental Health Act, after he told Protective Services Officers that he wanted to self-harm.
He was admitted to hospital and police expect to interview him at a later date in relation to criminal damage.
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