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Passengers twist man after knife attack on tram

In Melbourne, 37-year-old Jahangir Sharifabadi appeared in court in the case of assault on a passenger tram

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Passengers twist man after knife attack on tram

In Melbourne, Jahangir Sharifabadi, 37, appeared in court in the case of assaulting a tram passenger. According to ABC News, he did not apply for bail and will remain in custody until the next meeting later in October.

According to the prosecution, on October 6, a man attacked a 51-year-old woman with a knife in a moving tram of the first route. The victim was driving with her dog. Passengers shouted, the driver stopped the carriage on Eastern Road, near Kingsway.

One eyewitness told ABC that two passengers held the attacker until police arrived. A woman with a neck wound was taken to hospital. Her condition was assessed as serious, but there was no threat to life, according to the publication.

Sharifabadi faces charges including assault with a weapon, wilfully causing injury, stalking and breaching bail conditions. At the time of the alleged attack, he was already at large on bail in another case.

The lawyer told the court that his client suffers from schizophrenia and asked for a medical examination. The court has not yet established a causal link between the disease and the attack.

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