BREAKING NEWS: Resident brutally stabbed in home invasion [GRAPHIC IMAGE]
WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGE IN POST - The victim was stabbed through the neck during a scuffle with an alleged burglar.
PATERSON STREET – A Newcastle resident was brutally stabbed in his neck on Saturday night, February 4, after being involved in a scuffle with an alleged burglar.
According to sources, the incident took place shortly before 9pm, when the man and his mother entered their home in Paterson Street.
They discovered the perpetrator in their home, armed with kitchen knives.
He allegedly attempted to stab the victim’s mother.
In an attempt to save his mother’s life, her son and the suspect got into a scuffle. During the fight, the victim was stabbed in the neck. In a desperate fight for survival, the victim allegedly stabbed the intruder in the stomach.
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The police were contacted and the suspect and victim were rushed to hospital. The victim is in a stable condition.
This is a developing story, and readers will be updated as soon as more details are made available.
