NSW: Three shot, one stabbed in night of violence

AAP General News (Australia)
02-01-2009
NSW: Three shot, one stabbed in night of violence

SYDNEY, Feb 1 AAP - Three men have been shot and one stabbed in a night of violence in Sydney.

Two men are in hospital after being shot at Glendenning in Sydney's west late on Saturday night.

Police were called to a home in Golding Drive where they found a 39-year-old man with
a wound to his chest and another with injuries to his arm.

Both men were taken to hospital where the 39-year-old is in a serious but stable condition.

The other shooting incident was in Winifred Street, Condell Park, at about 10:30 on
Saturday night. A man in his thirties is in hospital after being shot in his right arm.

He was at home with his two young children, aged three and five, when he was shot, and
they've have been placed in the care of a relative.

Neighbours told police they heard an argument between a group of men before several
shots were fired.

In another incident, police are appealing for witnesses after a stabbing in the Sydney CBD.

At about 2:50am on Sunday police were patrolling George Street, near the intersection
of Bridge Street, when they noticed an altercation between three men in the middle of
the road.

When police stopped to make inquiries they found a man, believed to be in his early
twenties, suffering a stab wound to the back of his neck.

He was taken to St Vincents Hospital where he remains in a serious but stable condition.

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KEYWORD: VIOLENCE

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