SYDNEY: Five teenagers have been charged for allegedly stabbing a worker at a western Sydney convenience store, police in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) said early Friday.
The 28-year-old male worker was allegedly stabbed around 2.20 a.m. local time on Thursday when he tried to stop a group of teenagers who allegedly attempted to steal items from the store in Burwood, 10 km west of central Sydney.
The worker was treated at the scene by ambulance paramedics before being taken to the hospital. He remained in hospital in a critical but stable condition as of Friday, according to the police, Xinhua News Agency reported.
NSW Police said that all five teenagers have been arrested.
All five were refused bail and expected to make an initial appearance before a children's court on Friday.
On Tuesday, police in the Australian state of Queensland fatally shot a man after he stabbed another man and threatened a woman.
The Queensland Police Service (QPS) said in a statement that officers responded to reports that a man had been stabbed in the neck by another man on a street in the town of Caboolture, 40 kilometres north of Brisbane, around 3.42 a.m. on Tuesday.