Three charged over alleged stabbing in Canterbury
Where: Fore Street, Canterbury, the street the release names · See the street on the map
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Three men have been charged following an alleged brawl and stabbing at a fast-food outlet in Sydney’s south west earlier this week.
About 12.30am on Monday 7 September 2026, police were called to Canterbury Hospital, following reports of three men with stab wounds presented at different times.
Officers attached to Campsie Police Area Command attended the scene and spoke to NSW Ambulance paramedics before the three men – two aged 23 and an 18-year-old – were taken to hospitals in the Sydney metropolitan area.
Following inquiries, police will allege that the three men were involved in an altercation outside a fast-food outlet on the corner of Canterbury Road and Fore Street, about 12.10am the same day.
Officers attached to Burwood Police Area Command established crime scenes and commenced inquiries into the circumstances surrounding the incident.
Following further inquiries, on Tuesday 8 September 2026, the 23-year-old men were both taken to Burwood Police Station, where one man was charged with reckless wounding - in company, assault occasioning actual bodily harm in company of other(s), and affray.
The other man was charged with armed with intent commit indictable offence, reckless wounding, and affray.
The three men were all refused bail to appear before Burwood Local Court tomorrow (Wednesday 9 September 2026).
— NSW PoliceCrime in the Canterbury-Bankstown council area
Canterbury-Bankstown is a council area in New South Wales with about 389,687 residents. It has a Crime Score 36 out of 100 (low), 269th 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 robbery (70th percentile), assault (38th percentile), homicide (55th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 38.
- Violent
- 949 per 100k
- Property
- 1,947 per 100k
- Break-ins
- 152 per 100k
- Theft
- 762 per 100k
See the full Canterbury-Bankstown crime profile
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