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Teen, 15, charged over alleged horror machete attack on Sydney light rail

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Source : Perth Now news

A teenager has been charged following an alleged machete attack on the light rail in Sydney’s CBD.

NSW Police received reports of an assault on a light rail service at Town Hall on George St about 10.30pm on Tuesday.

It is alleged two boys assaulted a third boy, aged 15, while on the tram and then fled before police arrived.

Camera IconThe light rail tram was declared a crime scene and taken for forensic investigation. Tim Hunter. Credit: News Corp Australia

The 15-year-old was treated by paramedics for a stab wound to his left arm, he was taken to hospital in a stable condition.

Police deemed the light rail service a crime scene and transported it to the Randwick depot, where it was forensically examined.

On Thursday, officers arrested a 15-year-old teenager at a home in Sydney’s inner south.

A knife sheath was also seized from the home and taken for examination.

The teenager has been charged with wounding a person with intent to cause grievous bodily harm.

He is being held in custody awaiting an appearance in children’s court on Friday.

Police are still hunting for a second teenager involved in the alleged attack.