A man who allegedly stabbed two women at ANU, leaving one of them in a critical condition, has been charged with two counts of attempted murder.
"No motive for the incident has been identified and police do not believe the victims knew the offender," ACT Policing said in a statement.
The man, understood to be 24-year-old Alex Ophel, is set to face the ACT Magistrates Court on Tuesday morning.
Police alleged Ophel, a former ANU student, initially engaged a male student at the university campus on Monday afternoon by hitting him on the head with a frying pan.
That student is said to have run away before Ophel allegedly stabbed a 20-year-old female student "multiple times".
He is then accused of chasing a second 20-year-old female student and stabbing her.
Ophel was previously accused of trying to murder his tutor and classmates with a baseball bat in 2017.
He was found not guilty by reason of mental impairment after standing trial for attempted murder.
Ophel has been charged with two counts of attempted murder, two counts of assault and one count of possessing an object to be used to kill.
More to come.
