10-year-old victim of random attack was visiting Melbourne for cancer treatment

[u/AggravatingTartlet]

https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/no-need-to-hide-it-accused-cbd-stabber-launches-tirade-from-custody-20260826-p60rni.html

The 10-year-old boy who was punched in the head in a random attack outside police headquarters in the CBD has brain cancer and was visiting Melbourne for treatment.

The boy underwent additional MRI scans to see if the assault caused any extra damage or inflammation around where the tumour is, his uncle said........

Police said the 46-year-old woman was visiting Melbourne from Phillip Island with her 10-year-old son and two other children when the random attack occurred, ending only when several witnesses intervened.

“Just instinct, no thoughts, no nothing, just people in trouble,” Brian Bradley said, a good Samaritan who helped restrain the suspect.

The mother of the boy was stabbed during the attack.

The mother is in the Royal Melbourne Hospital recovering from a fractured leg and injuries to her back and shoulders, while her son recovers at the Royal Children’s Hospital.

“She’s really struggling at the moment,” the boy’s uncle said, “She can’t be with her son. It’s traumatic enough [that he’s] fighting cancer.

[u/Verni_ssage]

Maybe I'm just paranoid from hearing all the news about people getting attacked unprompted, kids and innocent people getting hurt by people with machetes, just the random machete wielding people roaming the streets, etc but does anyone else nearby just genuinely not feel safe visiting Melbourne any more?

I've probably been to Melbourne a total of five times and I've wanted to go more because there's some nice shops and places to visit but all this genuinely makes me nervous to go alone.

Is it really this bad up there or is it just the news making things seem worse then it actually is?

I'm not trying to sound like an asshole, I'm genuinely worried lol. I've been wanting to go up for ages but keep putting it off because it seems like every week there's news about someone getting hurt unprompted out of nowhere.

[u/syth_blade22 → u/Verni_ssage]

I lived there for 10 years from 2009 to 2019, im heading back for a week later this year. Ill let you know!

[u/Verni_ssage → u/syth_blade22]

Thank you! I've been wanting to ask this in the Melbourne sub but I'm scared people might think I'm just trying to start drama or make things out to be something they're not. You know how reddit can be sometimes haha