Terrified shoppers have told of the moment chaos erupted at a Sydney Westfield shopping centre after two teenagers were stabbed in a violent brawl.
Emergency services were called to the Mount Druitt shopping centre about 5.15pm on Tuesday with reports of an assault.
Shoppers told police a group of young men, believed to be known to each other, had begun brawling outside the centre.
NSW Police confirmed two people were stabbed with a knife.
NSW Ambulance paramedics and doctors from CareFlight treated one man, aged in his 20s, for several stab wounds to his upper body.
He was taken to hospital in a critical condition.
A second man, believed to be aged in his late teens, was treated for a slash wound on his hand and face.
He was transported to hospital in a stable condition.
Emergency services rushed to a Mount Druitt shopping centre on Tuesday evening following reports of a brawl
Police have opened an investigation into the fight which ended in the stabbing of two young men
One 20-year-old man was treated for minor injuries at the scene and did not need further care.
‘Officers attached to Mount Druitt Police Area Command established a crime scene and have commenced an investigation in relation to the incident,’ a NSW Police spokeswoman told Daily Mail Australia.
Witnesses reported seeing one man stabbing another in the chest before a third attempted to intervene, earning himself a stab to his hand.
Prior to the stabbing, locals said a larger group of teens had been fighting.
‘We (saw) it, two teens were getting chased and bashed by a group of guys with weapons, they had balaclavas on,’ one wrote on a online community group.
Others added the group had been chasing the boy ‘with a chair’.
Then, it is believed, the knife-wielding attacker appeared and began stabbing at one of the teens.
More to follow.
NSW Police were on scene on Tuesday evening after two the two young stab victims were rushed to hospital
