A teenage boy has been arrested following the alleged stabbing of a 16-year-old boy while travelling on a train in East Maitland yesterday.
\nAbout 7.20pm (Thursday 28 May 2020), two boys aged 16, were travelling on a train between Beresfield and Maitland Railway Station.
\nThe pair, who are known to each other, became involved in a verbal argument that quickly escalated to one of the boys producing a knife and stabbing the other in the abdomen.
\nThe injured boy alighted from the train at Victoria Street Railway Station where he approached a train guard for assistance.
\nThe train doors were locked as the train left the station, and police were called.
\nOfficers from Port Stephens-Hunter Police District arrived at Maitland Railway Station where they entered the train carriage and arrested the youth.
\nHe was taken to Maitland Police Station where he is assisting with inquiries.
\nThe injured boy was treated by NSW Ambulance paramedics before being taken to John Hunter Hospital for further treatment.
\nInquiries continue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A teenage boy has been arrested following the alleged stabbing of a 16-year-old boy while travelling on a train in East Maitland yesterday. About 7.20pm (Thursday 28 May 2020), two boys aged 16, were travelling on a train between Beresfield and Maitland Railway Station. The pair, who are known to each other, became involved in … Continue reading “Teen arrested following stabbing – East Maitland”<\/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-6763","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\/6763","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=6763"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6763\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}