Crunch Fitness Alexandria: Horror as woman is stabbed at a popular gym in Sydney
A woman has been stabbed by a man in the carpark of a popular gym, before she was rushed to hospital with wounds to her head, neck, and back.
NSW Police were called to Crunch Fitness Alexandria, in Sydney‘s south, at about 12.30pm on Wednesday after a man – believed to be in his 40s – had allegedly stabbed a 39-year-old woman.
Police said it is believed that they are known to each other.
A woman has been allegedly stabbed by a man at the Crunch Fitness gym in Alexandria (pictured) before she was rushed to hospital with wounds to neck, head, and back
Paramedics treated the woman at the scene before she was rushed to Royal Prince Alfred hospital in a stable condition, with wounds covering most of her body.
Officers have set up a crime scene near the gym and are investigating the incident.
Witnesses said they saw a man attacking a woman in the gym’s car park before he fled in a small vehicle.
After she was attacked, the woman ran into the gym seeking help.
The witness said: ‘She had blood all over. She was in her gym clothes and had a jacket on,’ he said.
‘There was heaps of police and they were investigating what happened.’
Another witness said the cops were assisting the woman the best they could by wrapping bandages around her neck until paramedics arrived.
‘It’s kind of scary. I’ve been to the gym for three years and it’s the first time anything like this has happened, he said.
One woman said she heard screaming just as she was making her way up the stairs to go to the gym.
‘He was [allegedly] on top of the girl and I don’t what he was trying to do,’ she said.
Officers have set up a crime scene in the area (pictured) and they are investigating the incident
Emergency services rushed to the scene (pictured) following reports the 39-year-old woman was allegedly stabbed by the man in his 40s
A shoe and a dark coloured jacket were left scattered at a parking lot near the gym (pictured)
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