Phillip Island family caught up in Melbourne stabbing incident

A PHILLIP Island family, visiting Melbourne on Tuesday this week, August 25, have been the victims of a stabbing incident.

According to police, a man has been arrested, following the assault of two people in Melbourne’s CBD today.

Officers were told a boy was punched to the upper body on Spencer Street near the corner of La Trobe Street about 1pm.

A woman with the boy at the time, intervened and was stabbed to the upper body.

The 10-year-old boy from Bass Coast area and the 30-year-old Cowes woman were hospitalised with non-life-threatening injuries.

Police in the vicinity swiftly arrested a 27-year-old Sunshine West man and seized a pair of scissors.

He remains in custody to be interviewed by police.

It is believed the parties were not known to each other.

An investigation into the incident is ongoing.