Man arrested after woman fatally stabbed - Wagga Wagga
Where: Ziegler Avenue, Wagga Wagga, the street the release names · See the street on the map
The release
A man has been arrested after a woman was fatally stabbed in the state’s south yesterday.
About 11.45am on Saturday 19 September 2026, emergency services responded to reports that a woman had been stabbed at a home on Ziegler Avenue, Kooringal, a suburb of Wagga Wagga.
NSW Ambulance paramedics and officers from the Riverina Police District performed CPR on a 23-year-old woman; however, she died at the home.
Police were informed a man had left the location prior to the arrival of emergency services.
Another man – aged 18 – was arrested at the scene and taken to Wagga Wagga Police Station.
Police established a crime scene and commenced an investigation into the incident.
About 8.30 pm on Saturday (19 September 2026), police arrested a 31-year-old man at a home on Menzies Avenue, Kooringal.
He has been taken to Wagga Wagga Police Station where inquiries continue.
Anyone with information about this incident is urged to contact Crime Stoppers: 1800 333 000 or https://nsw.crimestoppers.com.au . Information is managed on a confidential basis. The public is reminded not to report information via NSW Police social media pages.
— NSW PoliceCrime in the Wagga Wagga council area
Wagga Wagga is a council area in New South Wales with about 69,108 residents. It has a Crime Score 69 out of 100 (high), 71st of 362 councils nationally.
The score blends national percentile ranks for each published offence category with fixed severity weights; here it is driven most by assault (70th percentile), sexual offences (76th percentile), robbery (88th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 77.
- Violent
- 1,757 per 100k
- Property
- 4,641 per 100k
- Break-ins
- 705 per 100k
- Theft
- 2,147 per 100k
See the full Wagga Wagga crime profile
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