SYDNEY, Sept. 3 (Xinhua) -- A teenager has been charged over a stabbing at a western Sydney train station that left a boy in a critical condition in hospital.
Police in the state of New South Wales (NSW) said on Wednesday that emergency services were called to reports of a stabbing at a railway station in Merrylands, 20 km west of central Sydney, around 5:15 p.m. on Monday.
A 16-year-old male victim was treated at the scene by ambulance paramedics and taken to hospital in a critical condition. As of Wednesday morning he was continuing to recover in hospital.
Investigators believe that the 16-year-old boy had interacted with two males who were not known to him before they assaulted him and left the scene.
NSW Police said that a 17-year-old attended a police station on Tuesday afternoon where he was arrested and charged with seven offenses, including wounding a person with intent to cause grievous bodily harm, being armed with intent to commit a serious offense and using a knife in a public place.
He was refused bail and will make an initial appearance before a children's court on Wednesday. Police inquiries into the incident are ongoing. ■