<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Footage of the chilling moment a woman was </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/stabbing" rel="" target="" title="stabbed"><span>stabbed</span></a><span> at random inside a </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/melbourne" rel="" target="" title="Melbourne"><span>Melbourne</span></a><span> shopping centre, allegedly by a teenager on bail, has emerged.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police allege a childcare worker was on her way to work when she was stabbed by a 16-year-old boy at the M-City Shopping Centre in Clayton just before 8am yesterday.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>CCTV footage shows the 25-year-old Mount Waverley woman walking through the centre, when a male appears from behind a wall and follows her onto an escalator.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/random-stabbing-port-melbourne-man-71-randomly-stabbed-during-morning-walk-in-melbourne/e7d9143b-a0e4-4e69-887e-4bc07941dc81" rel="" target="" title="Manhunt underway after 71-year-old randomly stabbed during morning walk "><strong><span>Manhunt underway after 71-year-old randomly stabbed during morning walk </span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Standing behind her, the male allegedly pulls a knife from his pocket and stabs the woman in the back.</span><strong><span></span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He then ran down the escalator and allegedly fled the scene.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The woman turned around, appearing to look confused, before running up the escalator.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/clayton-stabbing-footage-shows-chilling-moment-woman-was-randomly-stabbed-on-shopping-centre-escalator/5ce58550-54f0-4924-9f01-1ae09f6ceca4" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>She remains in a serious but stable condition at The Alfred hospital.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The 16-year-old boy was arrested a short time later at a medical centre in Clayton.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He has been charged with intentionally causing injury, recklessly causing injury, assault with a weapon, possessing a controlled weapon, theft and committing an indictable offence whilst on bail.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He has been remanded to appear at a children's court at a later date.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><em><span>NEVER MISS A STORY:</span></em></strong><span> </span><strong><em><span>Get your breaking news and exclusive stories first by following us across all platforms.</span></em></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><ul><li><strong><em><span>Download the 9NEWS App here via</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://apps.apple.com/au/app/9news/id1010533727" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Apple</span></em></strong></a><span> </span><strong><em><span>and</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nineNewsAlerts.nine.com&amp;hl=en_AU&amp;pli=1" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Google Play</span></em></strong></a></li><li><strong><em><span>Make 9News your preferred source on Google by</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://9.nine.com.au/8x987w" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>ticking this box here</span></em></strong></a></li><li><strong><em><span>Sign up to</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://login.nine.com.au/edm?client_id=nineatnine" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>our breaking newsletter here</span></em></strong></a></li></ul></div></div>