SYDNEY, May 9 (NNN-AAP) – Australian police confirmed today that, a 45-year-old man was arrested, after a domestic violence-related stabbing seriously injured a woman, at a gym in Sydney’s inner south.
Emergency services were called to a fitness facility on O’riordan Street in Alexandria, at around 12:30 p.m. local time yesterday, following reports of an alleged stabbing.
Paramedics treated a 39-year-old woman in the car park of the gym, before she was taken to the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, in a stable condition. Police believed that the pair involved were known to each other.
Following the incident, South Sydney Police Area Command Superintendent Rod Hart said, at a press conference that, the male offender used a “kitchen-style knife” to attack the victim before getting into a vehicle and fleeing.
“We believe they had been in the past – earlier this year – in a very short domestic relationship. So this is being treated as domestic violence-related,” said the officer.
At around 7:50 a.m. local time today, the 45-year-old man presented himself to Dee Why Police Station, where he was subsequently arrested and taken to Manly Police Station.
During an interview with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) this morning, Premier of New South Wales (NSW), Chris Minns, described the stabbing as a “horrifying and shocking attack.”
“It’s important to say that, these events are not rare either, they are common, and the number and frequency of domestic violence offenses in NSW represents an absolute emergency in this state,” he told ABC Radio, Sydney.– NNN-AAP
