{"id":332193,"date":"2025-12-07T06:14:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-07T06:14:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/332193\/"},"modified":"2025-12-07T06:14:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-07T06:14:13","slug":"man-charged-after-allegedly-stabbing-shopper-at-bankstown-central-shopping-centre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/332193\/","title":{"rendered":"Man charged after allegedly stabbing shopper at Bankstown Central shopping centre"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">Chaos has erupted at a shopping centre when a man was allegedly stabbed during a busy Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">Emergency services were called to Bankstown Central on North Tce in <a class=\"css-1lg16vp-StyledTextLink ezegcyi0\" data-link-type=\"article-inline\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/7news.com.au\/news\/western-sydney\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Western Sydney<\/a> about 2.30pm following reports of an assault.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">They arrived to find a 55-year-old man with a stab wound to his upper body.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-178igh4-StyledParagraph e1s06mna1\">Know the news with the 7NEWS app: <a class=\"css-h2mhmv-StyledContextualLink e1s06mna0\" href=\"https:\/\/7news.com.au\/app?utm_source=7NEWS&amp;utm_medium=contextual-link-app&amp;utm_campaign=7news-app\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Download today Arrow<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">Paramedics treated him at the scene before rushing him to hospital, where he remains in a stable condition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">His injury is not considered life-threatening.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ae5d75cce0e06b9700389cb3c189468c972340b4-16x9-x0y0w1280h720.jpg\" alt=\"The 55-year-old man suffered a stab wound to his upper body.\" class=\"css-16r7l45-StyledImage en5ut4d0\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"720\" width=\"1280\"\/>The 55-year-old man suffered a stab wound to his upper body. Credit: 7NEWS<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">A short time later, a 27-year-old man was arrested nearby.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">A video taken inside the centre shows three men arguing moments before the alleged stabbing, as shoppers with trolleys look on.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">The incident has shocked shoppers and local store owners.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">Eddie Liu, who runs a store in the centre and witnessed the incident, told 7NEWS he couldn\u2019t believe what he was seeing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">\u201cIt\u2019s pretty crazy that something like that would happen in a shopping centre,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/0083eec2536db2dea8a30fa498e65460691d91f9.png\" alt=\"A video captured three men involved in an argument shortly before the incident.\" class=\"css-16r7l45-StyledImage en5ut4d0\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>A video captured three men involved in an argument shortly before the incident. 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