Man is charged with attempted murder after allegedly ‘rushing at a cop with a knife and repeatedly stabbing him’
- A police officer was stabbed multiple times by man, 49, after a welfare check
- The man is due to face Geelong Magistrates Court today, remanded in custody
- He was charged with attempted murder, assaulting emergency service worker
A man has been charged with attempted murder after a police officer was stabbed during a welfare check on the Victorian coast.
The senior constable was stabbed about 4.30pm on Monday at a home on Golden Beach Way at Torquay, after the man allegedly rushed at the attending officers with a knife.
Pepper spray was used to subdue him but an officer was stabbed a number of times, Victoria Police allege.
The 49-year-old, from Torquay, was also charged with assaulting an emergency service worker on duty.
The police officer was allegedly stabbed during a welfare check at Torquay, on the Victorian coastline
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Pepper spray was used to subdue him but an officer was stabbed a number of times, Victoria Police allege
‘Paramedics treated three people at the scene for non-life threatening injuries’, a spokesperson for Ambulance Victoria said.
‘Three people have been taken to a Geelong hospital in a stable condition.’
He was remanded in custody to appear in Geelong Magistrates Court on Tuesday.
The police officer remains in hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.
Torquay has the highest criminal rate in the Surf Coast region of the state, with 428 criminal incidents in 2022.
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Torquay has the highest criminal rate in the Surf Coast region of the state, with 428 criminal incidents in 2022. Above, officers carry a police vest away from the scene
Despite its high crime rate, the suburb seems to becoming safer with a drop in offences from 500 criminal incidents recorded last year.
Yet, it still has a significantly higher crime rate than other suburbs in the region with the second ranking suburb recording 113 criminal incidents this year.
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