Woman Tasered after daylight stabbing at popular inner-city cinema
A 26-year-old woman was Tasered and arrested after allegedly stabbing a man in the hand outside a cinema in Sydney's Inner West. Police intervened after reports of the woman wielding a knife and threatening the public.
Why it matters
This incident highlights public safety concerns in urban areas and the police response to violent, unpredictable behavior.
- 1.26pm . First published at 1.58am
shares Share article A woman has been charged after she was Tasered and arrested for allegedly stabbing a 48-year-old man in the hand outside a cinema in Sydney’s Inner West.
Police allege the 26-year-old woman was wielding a kitchen knife stolen from a nearby Mitre 10 and swinging it at people along King Street in Newtown shortly after 11.30am on Monday.
A woman has been Tasered and arrested after a 48-year-old man was allegedly stabbed in the hand. Instagram/@crazy_news_in_sydney
A witness shouted “run everyone, there’s a lady with a knife” as she was seen screaming and waving the weapon.
A 48-year-old man tried to confront and disarm the woman before he was stabbed in the hand, police allege.
Emergency services were called to the Dendy Newtown cinema following reports of an assault.
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