Machete-wielding man charged as two rushed to hospital with serious injuries in Melbourne’s northwest

Two people have been rushed to hospital after allegedly being attacked with a machete, just a month after the suburb was rocked by another violent incident.

Two people have been seriously injured after the were allegedly attacked by a machete-wielding man in Melbourne’s northwest.

Police were called to Caroline Springs about 10pm on Saturday after reports a man had allegedly damaged cars and wielded a machete outside a Hopetoun Green address.

When officers arrived they were told two people had been injured. A 54-year-old man and 24-year-old woman were taken to hospital with serious injuries.

A 21-year-old Caroline Springs man allegedly refused to exit a nearby property, with police on-scene negotiating with him before he surrendered to police about 11.30pm.

Two people were rushed to hospital with serious injuries. Picture: Newswire / Gaye Gerard

He was arrested and has since been charged with two counts of intentionally cause injury, two counts of criminal damage and one count of affray.

The 21-year-old was remanded and is set to front bail court on Sunday.

The incident follows a month on from an alleged stabbing at Caroline Springs Shopping Centre.

Emergency services were called to the centre on August 1 after armed offenders allegedly stabbed a teenager in a laneway, with the teen rushed to hospital with serious injuries.

Just a day later a man waskilled in a shootingin the neighbouring suburb of Burnside Heights in what police believe was a targeted attack.

Originally published as Machete-wielding man charged as two rushed to hospital with serious injuries in Melbourne’s northwest