On Wednesday, a Chinese girl with the ID @当個祖祖 posted a reminder on Xiaohongshu:
Everyone must pay attention to safety when going out!
She said she was attacked by a homeless man in Melbourne's CBD for no reason that day.
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According to the Chinese girl, at around 9 p.m. that night, she and her friends felt a little full after dinner, so they decided to take a stop to eliminate their appetite and then take the tram home.
Just as they were walking to the large purse sculpture at the entrance of HM on Bourke St, Melbourne's liveliest pedestrian street, a homeless man suddenly ran down the stairs for some reason and rushed towards them with a hammer.
"The madman started beating my friend, and after he punched my friend, my friend went up and punched him twice."
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According to the girl's description, the homeless man "always scolded and beat people for no reason", and it seemed that he was already notorious.
At that time, the homeless man also carried gasoline and a lighter with him, and seeing that he could not beat her friend, the homeless man stepped back and took out his things.
Seeing this, the girl dragged her friend and started running.
"I pulled out a lighter, then I pulled out a can of gasoline, and I was going to spray us, I was going to burn us. I call this homeless a terrorist. ”
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Thinking about this scene afterwards, the girl still had palpitations, saying that she was afraid that the homeless man took out a knife at that time.
"Then tonight will be over, and I will die in Huangquan, but I can run away."
"The mental state that is about to take the final exam is on the verge of collapse, and now even walking on the road to Melbourne's CBD has to have PTSD at the intersection of HM, which is really not good."
Not only this girl, but also many Chinese people also said that the security on the streets of Melbourne's CBD is simply terrible.
"The Big Wallet intersection and the Hungry Jacks intersection are what I call a crazy batch of people."
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"It's terrible, I also encountered it in one day today, and I was hit by a homeless man and a passerby. Australia is terrifying. ”
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"I was also robbed of my bag by a teenager on May 8th... Fortunately, the people were okay and didn't snatch my phone, (they should have sucked their heads, and they had no money...)"
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"Melbourne's Little Gotham reputation is not covered."
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The Chinese woman prevented the white man from accosting her, but was inexplicably attacked by the white woman
Previously, a Chinese girl was also exposed that she was accosted at the Hungry Jacks intersection mentioned above.
The Chinese woman said she had been accosted by the white man more than once and was pestered for a short time after she refused.
Later, the man was seen accosting an Asian girl on the streets of Melbourne's CBD. While warning the girl to stay away from the man, she also took photos in the hope that more people would be more vigilant.
According to the Chinese girl, the white man identified himself as Bobby Stoiannivch, about 50 years old, without beard or tattoos, and about 1.75 meters tall.
When he met the man earlier, he was wearing a blue baseball bat, a blue puffer jacket, blue jeans, and sneakers. However, as can be seen from the latest photos taken by this Chinese girl, his clothes have been changed to a gray T-shirt.
Regarding the white man's accosting routine, the Chinese girl said that he usually accosted the Chinese girl in the name of asking for directions and leading the way, falsely claiming that he worked at the US military base in Australia, and pestered, harassed, and followed the Chinese girl, or forcibly invited the woman to his car to pick up things and go on a date.
The white man allegedly drove a white van with a sofa bed in the back seat. I had met the man on several occasions on the stretch from Elizabeth St Nando's to the Lonsdale St GPO post office.
The location of this photo shoot can be seen in front of Elizabeth St Hungry Jacks.
In fact, this is not the first time that this Chinese girl has broken the news, as early as 2021, similar harassment incidents have been happening.
At that time, the Chinese girl broke the news that she saw the man talking to the Chinese girl on the road that day, so she hurriedly stepped forward to stop it, but she didn't have time to take a photo.
She said that as far as she knows, there are many other girls who have experienced the same situation.
And the reason why she was able to know the man's information was because she had also been accosted by the man on the road more than once before.
The first time they encounter, the reader says they don't agree and leaves, but the second time they meet the man in the same place.
In order to facilitate the handling of the police, the reader asked the man for some information.
The white man reappeared, and she also happened to meet and take a photo, and the announcement was also hoped to attract the attention of more girls. She reminded that the girl who was accosted should not be afraid and could go to the Melbourne East Police Station to file an Information Report.
She said that more than one Chinese girl had reached out to her through WeChat, saying that she had been through the same experience, and that they were all very sure that they had met the same person, the white man.
Because not only the physical characteristics, but also the fabricated reasons for leading the way are the same.
In addition, the Chinese girl also recounted another incident that happened when the photo of the white man was taken, and she was attacked by a white woman for stopping the white man's behavior.
It was the case that she was yelling "stop harassing Asian women" at the white man who was harassing women on the street, and the man came and grabbed her cell phone.
This can also be seen from the photo she took to find the one, the white man has an obvious action of wanting to snatch the phone.
She then continued to take pictures and shouted for the white man to get out of the street, and he turned around and crossed the street to the opposite side of the Guanya supermarket and fled. Since she had yelled at him on the road before, and the white man fled the scene in this way, the Chinese girl knew that he was also scared away this time, so she continued to walk home towards Queen Vic.
What she didn't expect, however, was that as she turned around, a white woman suddenly approached from behind my left, yelling "stop harassing him" and slapping me on the chest.
The Chinese girl who was attacked immediately took out her mobile phone to take a picture and told her to get out, because the incident happened suddenly, the Chinese girl subconsciously thought that the white man was back, but she fixed her eyes and saw that it was a strange woman.
She immediately said that this matter had nothing to do with the strange woman, and said,
“让开，不然我就报警了。 （get out of my way or I'll call the cop）。 ”
But the strange woman not only did not get out of the way, but also began to curse at her and told her to go back to her country.
During the argument between the two, the Chinese girl called the police, and the strange woman tried to snatch the phone several times without success.
Upon hearing the Chinese girl call the police and give their address, the strange woman flipped away in the direction of Melbourne Central after hitting the Chinese girl's glasses.
About two minutes later, the police arrived at the scene, briefly inquired about what happened and checked the documents, and then took the Chinese girl back to the police station to make a record.
The day after the incident, the Chinese girl went to the hospital to see a doctor and found a bleeding nail scratch on the middle finger of her right hand, a bruise on her left chest, and a scratch on the right side of her glasses, which was suspected to have been scratched by the ring on the other party's hand.
Finally, the streets of Melbourne are really full of crises nowadays, even in the busy city, you have to worry about personal safety, everyone must be more vigilant when you go out, especially when you encounter those who behave strangely, try to avoid conflicts and stay away as soon as possible.