{"id":7122,"date":"2020-06-29T23:39:45","date_gmt":"2020-06-29T23:39:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=7122"},"modified":"2020-06-29T23:39:45","modified_gmt":"2020-06-29T23:39:45","slug":"man-stabbed-in-home-invasion-port-stephens-hunter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2020\/06\/29\/man-stabbed-in-home-invasion-port-stephens-hunter\/","title":{"rendered":"Man stabbed in home invasion \u2013 Port Stephens- Hunter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Police are appealing for information after two men were stabbed during a home invasion at Hawks Nest overnight.<br \/>\nAbout <a dir=\"ltr\" href=\"x-apple-data-detectors:\/\/1\">10.30pm<\/a> (Monday 30 June 2020), a 78-year-old man opened the door of his home on Booner Street and was confronted by three unknown men.<br \/>\nThe group pushed past the man, assaulting him and stabbing him in the abdomen.<br \/>\nPolice have been told the group went upstairs and began assaulting a 53-year-old man.<br \/>\nWhile attempting to flee, the man was stabbed in the back.<br \/>\nHe continued to run from the attackers and was stabbed a further seven times to the back and neck.<br \/>\nThe men stole a purse and car keys from a 40-year-old woman, before fleeing the scene on foot.<br \/>\nEmergency services were called, and the younger man was treated by NSW Ambulance Paramedics before being flown to John Hunter Hospital, in a stable condition.<br \/>\nThe older man was driven to John Hunter Hospital suffering a stab wound and head injuries. He is in a stable condition.<br \/>\nOfficers from Port Stephens-Hunter Police District attended and established a crime scene.<br \/>\nInvestigations are continuing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police are appealing for information after two men were stabbed during a home invasion at Hawks Nest overnight. About 10.30pm (Monday 30 June 2020), a 78-year-old man opened the door of his home on Booner Street and was confronted by three unknown men. The group pushed past the man, assaulting him and stabbing him in &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2020\/06\/29\/man-stabbed-in-home-invasion-port-stephens-hunter\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Man stabbed in home invasion \u2013 Port Stephens- Hunter&#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-7122","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\/7122","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=7122"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7122\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}