Overview
- Two women were stopped at Mahoneys and Edgars roads in Reservoir about 2:40am when a man began damaging their car.
- They drove to the Reservoir police station seeking assistance, found it closed due to limited reception hours, and the man followed them to the car park.
- The attacker produced a knife and demanded the driver's keys; she refused and sustained a superficial cut to her upper arm.
- The assailant fled in his vehicle, and the pair later called emergency services from a nearby shopping centre; the driver was treated at the scene and her passenger was uninjured.
- Police are investigating an assault and attempted aggravated carjacking, the offender remains at large and appears known to the victim, and the station is among 43 in Victoria with reduced hours since 2023.