Man hospitalised following stabbing inside The Reject Shop on Puckle St, Moonee Ponds

The man’s attacker remains on the run.

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A man has been stabbed inside a store located on a busy shopping strip in Melbourne’s inner northwest. Police were first alerted to a woman armed with a knife inside The Reject Shop on Puckle St, Moonee Ponds about 11am on Thursday. The woman stabbed a 74-year-old man before running away from the scene towards Hall St.

Know the news with the 7NEWS app: Download today The victim was taken to the Royal Melbourne Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Police are still hunting for the woman who they say is aged in her 30s or 40s and about 160cm tall. She was wearing a black T-shirt and black pants at the time.



Anyone who witnessed the incident or has any information has been urged to contact Crime Stoppers..