Woman charged with attempted murder after female jogger allegedly assaulted in Fitzroy North, Melbourne

A woman was allegedly attacked while on her morning jog, within hours of reports another jogger was stabbed in a separate incident in the same city.

A woman has been charged with attempted murder after allegedly attacking another woman while she was jogging along a quiet creek trail in Melbourne’s inner-north.

The 24-year-old jogger was allegedly assaulted as she was running on Merri Creek Trail near High St in Fitzroy North at about 10.45am on Friday.

Police say the woman suffered serious head injuries in the alleged “unprovoked attack”.

Passers-by came to her aid before she was taken to hospital, where she remained in hospital with non-life-threatening injuries on Saturday.

A woman sustained serious head injuries after she was allegedly attacked while on her morning jog on Friday. Picture: Google Maps

Police allege the woman’s attacker - a 29-year-old woman - fled the scene but was arrested in the area a short time later.

She has since been charged with attempted murder and intentionally cause injury.

She was due to appear in Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on Saturday.

It comes as police investigations continue into another alleged attack on a jogger in Melbourne on Friday.

A 24-year-old man was left in a critical condition after being stabbed several times on Spring St in Reservoir, after attending an Anzac Day Dawn Service earlier that morning.

This comes after another 24-year-old jogger was stabbed in his throat, chin and stomach on Friday.

Police say the 24-year-old man was transported to hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.

“The exact circumstances are yet to be determined, and the investigations remain ongoing,” Victoria Police said.

CCTV footage captured the moment the injured man stumbled his way to the nearby Metro Petroleum service station to get help.

The man was in critical condition, and police investigations remain ongoing.

The footage shows the young man slumped to the ground while holding his T-shirt to his stomach wound as bystanders call emergency services.

The man was able to stand and speak with police before being taken to hospital for surgery.

Police have confirmed to NewsWire that the investigation remains ongoing.

Originally published as Woman charged with attempted murder after female jogger allegedly assaulted in Fitzroy North, Melbourne