Woman arrested after man, 74, stabbed at Moonee Ponds Reject Shop

A woman has been arrested and an elderly man rushed to hospital after he was randomly slashed across the neck at a Moonee Ponds Reject Shop on Thursday.

A man was stabbed while shopping.

A 74-year-old man was slashed across the neck, in what appears to be a random attack, while shopping at the Puckle St Reject Shop in Moonee Ponds on Thursday morning.

Horrified shoppers who witnessed the attack fled from the shop, as the woman took off down Puckle St toward Hall St.

The 46-year-old Kensington woman spent much of the day on the run, before being located by police on Thursday evening.

She has since been taken to hospital under police guard and is expected to be interviewed upon her release.

The elderly man, from Avondale Heights, was left with serious but non-life threatening injuries and taken to Royal Melbourne Hospital for treatment.

The random attack comes just a little over a year after a Puckle St stabbing frenzy put four people in hospital including a shop owner.

Thirty-six-year-old schizophrenia sufferer Daniel Clavell was charged with 30 offences following the August 2, 2023 incident.

He pleaded guilty to those charges in July and is due back in County Court this month.