<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A church pastor and his guest were forced to tackle a man to the ground and perform a citizen's arrest after they were threatened with a knife during a terrifying attack.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A 51-year-old man from Croydon Park has been charged with aggravated assault following the incident at the Croydon Park Community Church on Boomerang Road in Adelaide at around 8pm yesterday. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Pastor Ryan Pickard and his guests had been packing up for the night, but as one of them went to use the outdoor bathroom, a man appeared, allegedly pulling a knife on him and chasing him down.</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/missing-backpacker-wa-carolina-wilga-statement/3b13b816-8ec2-41a7-9e71-86184fbcea9e"><strong><span>Rescued German backpacker reveals why she abandoned car in WA outback</span></strong></a><strong></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span></span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>However, Pickard and a guest performed a citizen's arrest, holding the man until police arrived. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I witnessed a guy, carrying things off that belong to the church, then ditch them and run off" he said. </span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/church-pastor-citizens-arrest-alleged-knife-assault/3bd26274-abea-4d63-bcce-0dc033d4b498" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"And my friend explained he pulled a knife out on him."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>His wife, Yvette Pickard, witnessed the incident.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The guy with the knife came at our friend and he managed to defend the attack," she said.</span></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/treasury-advice-leak-raise-taxes-lower-housing-targets-treasurer-jim-chalmers-response/37340233-73c5-4e79-8dce-f0dd01cdf759"><strong><span>Secret advice calls on government to hike taxes</span></strong></a><strong><span></span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"He managed to subdue him and they pinned him to the ground until the police came." </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Another witness, Gayath Rivijayam, said the scene was "very scary because he was yelling 'I have knife, let me go, let me go'". </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"But father was saying 'no you can't'," she added.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The 51-year-old man was arrested at the scene and charged with aggravated assault.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><em><span>This article was produced with the assistance of</span></em><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/technology/9express/16480c33-636a-461f-9c4f-d0e2522c722a"><em><span>9ExPress</span></em></a><em><span>.</span></em></div></div>