Man slashed across neck with box cutter during Sydney soccer match

A antheral has been charged aft helium allegedly chased radical with a container cutter during a suburban shot lucifer successful Sydney’s westbound and slashed a antheral crossed the cervix earlier constabulary accidental helium was taken down by bystanders.

John Richard Hickey allegedly embarked connected his rampage connected Monday evening successful Heber Park astatine Hebersham. Police were told the 24-year-old “chased respective members of the nationalist and stabbed a antheral [aged] successful his 20s”.

A 24-year-old antheral was detained by members of the nationalist aft allegedly chasing radical with a weapon successful Heber Park astatine Hebersham, including slashing a antheral crossed the neck.

Detective Chief Inspector Paul Tickner, transgression manager for the Mount Druitt constabulary country command, said officers responded to a fig of calls regarding a antheral “brandishing a knife”.

“There was a shot lucifer successful progress, kids were playing astir the park,” Tickner told reporters connected Tuesday.

“All of a abrupt this antheral has [allegedly] pulled out, it was a container cutter-type knife, and he’s slashed 1 antheral with that weapon causing a important coiled to his neck, and chased males and females astir that parkland until a fig of radical detained him.”

Tickner said the wounded man, who suffered injuries to his caput and neck, suffered a “fairly deep” and centimetres-long chopped requiring stitches but has since been released from hospital.

“He’s fine, but it was crossed the cervix and … reasonably significant,” helium said.

Officers arrived to find Hickey restrained by bystanders connected the sports field, who went to the assistance of those radical allegedly being chased.

Hickey was arrested and assessed nether constabulary defender successful hospital, portion a weapon was seized for forensic examination. He was past taken to the constabulary presumption and charged with wounding a idiosyncratic with intent to origin grievous bodily harm, communal battle and 2 counts of stalk/intimidate with intent to fearfulness carnal harm.

The 24-year-old was refused constabulary bail and is owed to look Mount Druitt Local Court connected Tuesday.

Tickner said intelligence wellness was 1 enactment of inquiry, and that Hickey was well-known to police.

In a connection posted connected Facebook, the Blacktown District Soccer Football Association said it was alert of the Heber Park incident, which occurred “just earlier a squad from 1 of our subordinate clubs was owed to train”.

The nine said nary of its members were progressive and applauded the bravery of the citizens who apprehended the alleged offender.

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