Man hospitalized after southwest Sydney stabbing

Alsharq Tribune-AFP 

Police are investigating after a man was hospitalized following a late-night stabbing attack in southwest Sydney on Thursday, with a teenage boy charged over a separate stabbing that occurred on Tuesday.

The police force in the state of New South Wales (NSW) said on Friday that emergency services were called to a report of concern for welfare in Kingsgrove, 13 km southwest of central Sydney, at 11:50 p.m. on Thursday and arrived to find a man with stab wounds to his shoulder.

Police officers were told that the 44-year-old man had stopped his vehicle when two unknown men approached and stabbed him before fleeing the scene on motorcycles.

The man was treated by ambulance paramedics and taken to hospital in a stable condition while police established a crime scene and commenced an investigation.

In a separate statement, NSW Police said on Thursday night that a 15-year-old boy has been arrested and charged over a machete attack on a light rail service on Tuesday night.

It will be alleged in court that the 15-year-old was one of two boys who assaulted a third boy, also aged 15, on the service in central Sydney.

The 15-year-old victim was hospitalized in a stable condition with a stab wound to the left arm.

The alleged perpetrator was arrested by officers at a home in Sydney's inner-west on Thursday morning and charged with wounding a person with intent to cause grievous bodily harm. Police said that investigations to locate the second boy are ongoing.