Young woman arrested after going on wild stabbing spree near Melbourne – injuring four men

By BRETT LACKEY FOR DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA

Published: 23:17 BST, 29 May 2025 | Updated: 23:46 BST, 29 May 2025

Victoria Police have charged a 24-year-old woman after four people were allegedly stabbed in Bairnsdale, about three hours east of Melbourne, on Thursday evening.

Investigators have been told a woman was behaving erratically and approaching people in a supermarket on Nicholson Street about 9.50pm on 29 May.

It’s alleged the woman approached a 45-year-old male staff member and stabbed him in the stomach before leaving the store.

The woman was seen heading towards a nearby fast-food restaurant car park where it is alleged she approached a 21-year-old man in his car and demanded a lift.

There was an altercation between the two and the man received a laceration to his stomach.

It is alleged the woman then went to a nearby hotel on Macleod Street and assaulted a 52-year-old man.

He sustained a non-life-threatening laceration to his arm.

The woman lastly made her way to the Bairnsdale Train Station and allegedly stabbed a fourth man, a 25-year-old, in the shoulder.

A woman, 24, has been arrested after allegedly going on a stabbing rampage across the community of Bairnsdale three hours east of Melbourne

Police quickly responded to the scene and arrested the 24-year-old woman.

She has been charged with intentionally cause injury and recklessly cause injury.

The Ravenhall woman will face Bairnsdale Magistrates’ Court today.

All four victims were taken to hospital, the first remains in a serious condition and the remaining were treated for minor injuries and released.

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Young woman arrested after going on wild stabbing spree near Melbourne – injuring four men

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