‘Drop the knife': Footage emerges of northern Melbourne arrest

News.com.au

22-07-2025

Footage of a knife-wielding man being tasered and arrested in Melbourne's north has emerged.
The video was filmed on Monday night as police detained the man, in his 40s, at a commercial precinct in Coolaroo.
The arrest comes after knife attacks at Melbourne shopping centres over the weekend, one of which resulted in a man having his hand amputated.
In this latest incident, a man is filmed calmly walking through a carpark as police shout at him to drop the knife.
Police were initially called to Motto Drive about 6pm to reports of a man with a knife behaving erratically.
In the 85s clip – posted to social media – he walks cooly across the carpark as sirens blare.
Police then taser him, and a member of the public kicks him as the police pile on top. A member of the public picks up the knife, which appears to be a wooden-handled hunting knife, about 20cm in length.
A police spokesperson said officers were called to reports of an armed man behaving erratically outside a youth centre.
'Police arrived and attempted to intercept a white Toyota SUV in a carpark before the driver got out of the vehicle wielding a knife,' the spokesperson said.
'A Taser was deployed and the man was arrested.
'A 43-year-old Craigieburn man was conveyed to a police station for interview.'
Police want any witnesses to come forward.
Over the weekend, two knife attacks occurred at Melbourne shopping centres – one in nearby Broadmeadows, and one in the southwestern suburb of Altona Meadows.
At the Altona Meadows incident on Saturday about 8pm, a 33-year-old man was set upon, his arm was allegedly slashed with a machete, and the assailants took his phone.
The Herald Sun reports the male victim had the lower part of an arm amputated at the Royal Melbourne Hospital on Sunday.
The second incident occurred in the northern suburb of Broadmeadows on Sunday about 6.30pm. Police were called to Broadmeadows Central after a 17-year-old male was stabbed. He sustained critical injuries.