{"id":39874,"date":"2026-07-11T21:59:50","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T11:59:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=39874"},"modified":"2026-07-11T21:59:50","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T11:59:50","slug":"investigation-underway-after-fatal-stabbing-hamilton-south","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2026\/07\/11\/investigation-underway-after-fatal-stabbing-hamilton-south\/","title":{"rendered":"Investigation underway after fatal stabbing \u2013 Hamilton South"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An investigation is underway after a man died following a stabbing in Hamilton South this afternoon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">About&nbsp;3.30pm&nbsp;(Saturday 11 July 2026), emergency services were called to Hassall Street, Hamilton South, following reports of a stabbing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Officers attached to Newcastle City Police District attended and found a man believed to be aged in his 40s, suffering from a stab wound.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The man was treated at the scene by NSW Ambulance paramedics before being taken to John Hunter Hospital in a critical condition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shortly thereafter, police received notification that the man had died in hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A crime scene has been established which is currently undergoing forensic examination by specialist police.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An investigation by Newcastle detectives, with the assistance of the State Crime Command\u2019s Homicide Squad, has commenced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A report will be prepared for the information of the Coroner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An investigation is underway after a man died following a stabbing in Hamilton South this afternoon. About&nbsp;3.30pm&nbsp;(Saturday 11 July 2026), emergency services were called to Hassall Street, Hamilton South, following reports of a stabbing. Officers attached to Newcastle City Police District attended and found a man believed to be aged in his 40s, suffering from &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2026\/07\/11\/investigation-underway-after-fatal-stabbing-hamilton-south\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Investigation underway after fatal stabbing \u2013 Hamilton South&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newcastle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39874","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39874"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39874\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39875,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39874\/revisions\/39875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}