Brave bystanders praised after mass Sydney stabbing
New details have emerged after multiple people were stabbed following a car crash in Sydney's south, on Sunday.
Emergency crews were called to the intersection of Princes Highway and Old Bush Road at about 9am after receiving several triple zero calls about a crash.
A 58-year-old man, who was known to police for "a number of matters" and suspected of carrying out the wild attacks, was allegedly found running from the scene by officers.
He was later pursued on foot, tasered and taken into custody, and remains in Liverpool Hospital in serious condition, as he appeared to have inflicted a number of injuries to himself before the police arrived.
A policeman was also injured during the arrest after the alleged offender stabbed him on his arm.
A woman in her 40s, was allegedly being assaulted by the man as he drove, and is believed to be the partner of the alleged offender.
“They were in a domestic relationship, there is no history that we are aware of, there is no apprehended violence orders between the two but definitely domestic related,” Superintendent Donald Faulds told a press conference on Sunday afternoon.
“We believe the female was being assaulted in the car while the male was driving the vehicle at the same time.
“A number of witnesses mentioned the car was driving quite erratically at the time and we believe that’s when the assault was occurring in the car and as result they then collided with another vehicle.”
The female passenger was transported to hospital and is in a critical condition.
Three other people were also injured, after they had rushed over to the accident to help.
It is alleged that he had a box-cutter.
“A number of members of the community stopped to assist occupants from both those vehicles,” the Superintendent said.
“As community members were assisting one of the females out of one vehicle, a male got out of that vehicle. He was armed with what we believe to be a box cutter.”
One witness reportedly told radio station 2GB that he saw a man get out of the car appearing to be armed with a box cutter, yelling “I’m going to kill you”.
A NSW spokesman said of those injured, one male patient had sustained slash wounds to his arms and his neck and has been taken to Liverpool Hospital and is now in a serious but stable condition.
A woman in her 40s was taken to St George Hospital with multiple stab wounds and is in critical condition. Another woman was hospitalised in a serious condition with a stab wound to the abdomen.
The police officer sustained a large laceration to his arm and is in a stable condition.
Superintendent Faulds praised the brave bystanders who went to assist those in the crash, without knowing what was about to unfold.
“Amazing work, they’ve just turned up thinking it was a normal motor vehicle accident so they’ve obviously have gone to render assistance to both people and then they were faced with a male armed with a box cutter, quite frightening but very brave on those peoples’ behalf,” he said.
He has asked the community to reach out to Crime Stoppers or Sutherland Police if they have any information about the incident.
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