Ten-year-old girl stabbed to death at Lake Macquarie, man tackled to ground at junior sport in western Sydney
A 10-year-old girl has allegedly been stabbed to death by her sister near Newcastle as a knife-wielding man was tackled to the ground in a separate incident in Sydney’s west.
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A 10-year-old girl was allegedly stabbed to death by her sister at their family home on Monday afternoon while a knife-wielding man was tackled by parents at children’s footy training in yet another day of knife violence across NSW.
An ambulance and local police rushed to a residence in the suburb of Boolaroo, 20km south of Newcastle, just before 4pm after reports a child had been stabbed.
“NSW Ambulance paramedics treated a 10-year-old girl at the scene for multiple stab wounds; however she died at the scene,‘’ police said in a statement released on Monday.
Lake Macquarie Police arrested a 17-year-old girl at the home, and she was taken to Belmont police station and is currently assisting with inquiries.”
Detectives from the NSW State Crime Command Homicide Squad from Sydney were also sent to assist local police with their investigation into the death of the little girl.
Police are now looking into the family history to see if there has been any history of mental illness.
A team of forensic officers spent hours at the scene late on Monday collecting evidence including taking away items from the home and will return today for further examination of the scene where the alleged murder took place.
Two hours after the girl was stabbed, a knife-wielding man was tackled to the ground by parents after he arrived at a sports field in Western Sydney’s Hebersham with the weapon.
A statement from NSW Police said officers had received reports of a “man armed with a knife” at the Heber Park field before arriving to find several people had performed a citizen’s arrest.
No one was injured during the incident, and police arrested the 25 year-old and took him to Nepean Hospital under police guard as investigators continue to investigate the incident.
The girl’s death is the third fatal stabbing in NSW in the past four days amid a string of violent knife crime incidents across NSW in recent weeks, including the Westfield Bondi Junction stabbing massacre and the stabbing of a bishop at a Sydney church. which led to a riot.
A 16-year-old was allegedly killed at Narromine in the state’s west last Friday evening. Police found the teenager suffering from a wound to his neck at about 9pm. He was rushed to Dubbo airport where he was to be airlifted to a Sydney hospital but died before the plane took off.
A 26-year-old man was arrested at an address near where the alleged stabbing took place and was charged with murder.
He remains before the courts.
On the same night, a 28-year-old man died after allegedly being stabbed by another man in Quakers Hill in Sydney’s west.
Police allege they found the man seriously injured with a knife wound to the chest on a neighbour’s porch in Narcissus Ave around 8.30pm, but he died on the way to hospital.
Toby Cusak, 26, of Quakers Hill was arrested in a vehicle stop at Strathfield on Sunday evening and charged with allegedly murdering the 28 year-old.
In an appearance at Parramatta Local Court on Monday, Cusk did not apply for bail but
his defence solicitor Mr Osman Samin said the case against his client appeared to be “incredibly weak”.
“While the death is really tragic, at this stage it seems to be an incredibly weak case against my client,” Mr Osman Samin said.
“All that can be said at this stage is Mr Cusack is entitled to the presumption of innocence and I ask the public to afford him that entitlement.”
Cusack will remain in custody on remand and return to Parramatta Local Court on July 4.
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