Sydney, May 9
Australian police confirmed on Thursday that a 45-year-old man was arrested after a domestic violence-related stabbing seriously injured a woman at a gym in Sydney's inner south.
Emergency services were called to a fitness facility on O'riordan Street in Alexandria at around 12:30 p.m. local time on Wednesday, following reports of an alleged stabbing.
Paramedics treated a 39-year-old woman in the car park of the gym before she was taken to Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in a stable condition. Police believed that the pair involved were known to each other.
Following the incident, South Sydney Police Area Command Superintendent Rod Hart said at a press conference that the male offender used a "kitchen-style knife" to attack the victim before getting into a vehicle and fleeing.
"We believe they had been in the past -- earlier this year -- in a very short domestic relationship. So this is being treated as domestic violence-related," said the officer.
At around 7:50 a.m. local time on Thursday, the 45-year-old man presented himself to Dee Why Police Station, where he was subsequently arrested and taken to Manly Police Station.