Good Samaritan stabbed while helping victim of armed robbery outside suburban home in Victoria
A man is in hospital after he tried to help the victim of an armed robbery on Tuesday night.
A woman was robbed when she approached two men who had parked their vehicle next to another car on Sepal Dr at Mickleham, about 45-minutes north of Melbourne, at 9.20pm.
The men were armed with a golf club and a knife.
'They stole her mobile phone,' Victoria Police said.
That is when another man stepped in to help the woman, but he was stabbed by one of the offenders.
The suspects fled, and no arrests have been made.
The Good Samaritan was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Neighbours told 7NEWS they could hear screaming from inside their homes.
One man said that crimes had been increasing in the suburban area, noting that one car had recently been stolen from the street, and another dumped.
Investigations into the incident are ongoing and anyone with information, dashcam or CCTV footage is urged to contact Crime Stoppers.
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