Australian knifeman leads police on wild chase through suburbs before stabbing himself to death
- The man, who eventually killed himself, commandeered a number of vehicles and stabbed someone in the stomach. Police say it could have been worse
One man has died and another was in a serious condition after being stabbed in the stomach during a trail of chaotic incidents across Sydney’s southern suburbs on Friday afternoon.
Police said the drama began when they tried to stop the driver of a four-wheel drive not displaying number plates on the Hume Highway at Bass Hill shortly before 3pm.
The 24-year-old driver rammed the police vehicle and took off towards Chullora, where he stole a small supermarket delivery truck and proceeded to hit numerous vehicles before causing a pile-up in West Botany Street, Rockdale.
A bystander was stabbed when the driver tried to take another vehicle, police said. Video of the scene showed a man stabbing the victim, believed to be aged 20, in the middle of the road.
A witness, who did not want to be identified, said they were working at a business nearby when people in shock were brought into the building.
The driver then stole a taxi, which could be seen in another video doing a U-turn before mounting the kerb, briefly driving along the footpath and then speeding away on the wrong side of the road.
