Woman armed with a knife goes on rampage through Sydney’s Newtown shopping strip – stabbing a stranger and threatening shoppers
A man has been rushed to hospital after a being stabbed by a woman on one of Sydney’s busiest shopping strips before police Tasered the alleged attacker.
Emergency services were called to King Street in Newtown, outside a cinema, about 11.40am on Monday following reports of an assault.
Officers from Inner West Police Area Command arrived to find a 48-year-old man who had allegedly been stabbed in the hand by a woman unknown to him.
‘A mentally unwell lady stole a knife from Mitre 10 and started attacking and threatening a bunch of people and cars and then stabbed one person outside Zambrero, a section of king st closed both directions,’ a source told Daily Mail.
Paramedics treated the man at the scene before taking him to hospital in a stable condition.
Police immediately launched a search of the surrounding area and soon located a 27-year-old woman nearby who was allegedly armed with a knife.
Officers ordered the woman to drop the weapon, but police allege she failed to comply.
A Taser was then deployed and the woman was arrested.
A man has been rushed to hospital after a being stabbed by a woman on one of Sydney’s busiest shopping strips before police Tasered the alleged attacker
She was taken to Newtown Police Station, where inquiries are continuing.
Police have established a crime scene on King Street as detectives investigate the circumstances surrounding the alleged attack.
King Street between Church Street and Wilson Street remains closed, with motorists urged to avoid the area.
