TWO teenagers have been arrested over an alleged unprovoked stabbing at a Dingley Village bus stop last week. Police say that a 16-year-old boy waiting for a bus on Centre Dandenong Road in Dingley Village was approached by two teenagers at around 7.15pm on Friday, 13 June. The victim was allegedly stabbed, and taken to hospital with serious injuries. In a statement, Victoria Police said it was an “unprovoked attack”.
Police also allege that just before 5pm earlier that day, the two teenagers assaulted a 70-year-old man at a chemist inside a shopping centre on Cheltenham Road in Keysborough. The victim was taken to hospital with serious, non-life-threatening injuries.
On Saturday, a 16-year-old from the Kingston area handed himself into police. He was subsequently charged with armed robbery, two counts each of intentionally cause injury and theft from shop, theft, and common law assault. He was remanded to face a children’s court on 15 June.
Police also arrested a 19-year-old man in Bonbeach on Saturday in relation to the alleged attacks. He was taken to hospital with a non-life-threatening-injury that police believe he sustained during one of the incidents. He is expected to be interviewed by detectives once he is released from hospital.
First published in the Chelsea Mordialloc Mentone News – 18 June 2025