Shoppers have fled in fear through the aisles of a Big W in Melbourne's CBD and a man has been left brutally bashed after a terrifying double-hammer attack in the centre.
Police say a man armed with two hammers attacked a 43-year-old Chinese national about 4.15 this afternoon.
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The attacker was waving the hammers about and yelling abuse as he walked through the aisles of the Big W store at the QV Shopping Centre. Shoppers fled in his wake, Channel Nine is reporting.
The man suffered head injuries and was taken by paramedics to the Royal Melbourne Hospital, where he remains in a stable condition.
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Another man was hit in the arm by the hammer-wielding attacker, witness Alofa told Channel Nine.
"People were running and screaming. This man was holding hammers, two hammers on each hand. He started assaulting this lady, saying, 'What are you looking at? I'll come kill you.'
"Two people got injured, one on the head and one on the arm.
"He was in the electronics section, just sitting down, and that's when the police came and took him into custody."
Police arrested a man soon after the attack. He has not been charged and is helping police with their inquiries, a spokesman said.