SYDNEY, Jul 9 (NNN-AAP) – Australian police announced today that, a male offender has been charged, after a domestic violence-related stabbing killed a woman in Sydney’s west.
The incident unfolded at approximately 1:40 p.m. local time yesterday, when emergency services were called to a home on the Great Western Highway in Kingswood, a suburb situated 50 km west of Sydney’s central business district.
Officers found a 21-year-old woman sustaining two stab wounds to her chest. Paramedics treated the victim at the scene, before she was later declared deceased.
Five hours after the incident occurred, a 21-year-old male was arrested at Derby Street in Penrith, without incident, said the New South Wales Police Force.
Police also noted that, as the man and the woman involved were in a domestic relationship, the offender was charged with domestic violence-related murder.
According to the police, the 21-year-old was refused bail and would appear at a local court today.
Also yesterday, Sydney saw another serious stabbing take place in the city’s north-western area.
Police attended a home on Boundary Street in Roseville at around 7:00 p.m. local time.
Upon arrival, officers were told that a man and a woman, had been confronted by a 23-year-old man, who was waiting in the property.
The man stabbed the other man in the back and fled the scene, before he was arrested and charged with wounding a person, with an intent to cause grievous bodily harm.
Meanwhile, the injured 34-year-old man presented himself to a hospital with non-life-threatening wounds.
Police confirmed that he remains in hospital in a stable condition.– NNN-AAP
