Police have charged a 27-year-old man in connection with the alleged stabbing of a mother and her son in central Melbourne.

A mother was repeatedly stabbed with scissors while protecting her young son, who was also punched, during an alleged random attack in Melbourne's CBD. The incident has led to an investigation into the violent assault.

A ten-year-old boy was hospitalized after being attacked with scissors, and a woman was stabbed, in an incident in Melbourne's CBD.