Two teens charged with murder after Mt Druitt stabbing death
A 13-year-old and a 16-year-old are charged with murder over a man in his 30s who died after a stabbing.
A man in his 30s died after a stabbing in Mt Druitt, western Sydney, on Friday night. Police found him behind Westfield Mt Druitt shopping centre about 9pm, with stab wounds to his torso.
The man died before paramedics could arrive, even though officers tried their best to save him. On Sunday evening, a 13-year-old boy handed himself in at Mt Druitt police station and was arrested.
The 13-year-old was charged with murder, breach of bail and an unrelated charge of robbery in company. About 40 minutes later, police arrested a 16-year-old boy at a home in Cabramatta.
The 16-year-old is charged with murder and being an accessory after the fact, meaning helping after a crime. Both boys were refused bail and will appear before a children's court on Monday.
Police are still working out whether the attack was random or targeted.
- About 9pm on Friday night
- Time of discovery
- Mt Druitt, western Sydney
- Location
- A 13-year-old and a 16-year-old
- Charged teens
- About a dozen people in the area
- Witnesses sought
Why it mattersPolice have not yet worked out whether the attack was random or targeted.
AustraliaMainly a western Sydney matter, but police want about a dozen people who were nearby to come forward.
Corroborated byperthnow.com.au·smh.com.au
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