Geelong Crime Investigation Unit detectives have charged a boy following a stabbing in Geelong on Thursday.
The 16-year-old has been charged with two counts of intentionally cause injury and one count each of affray, assault with a weapon and commit offence whilst on bail.
The charges follow an incident at a shopping centre on Little Malop Street where it is alleged a boy was stabbed just after 3.30pm on 19 February.
The 17-year-old victim was taken to hospital with critical injuries.
The teenager, from the Geelong area, was arrested on Friday and interviewed by detectives.
He was bailed by a bail justice to appear before a children’s court on Monday.
It is believed the boys involved are known to each other.
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