A teenage girl has died and a second is in a critical condition following a stabbing at Parramatta overnight.
About 10.45pm on Friday, emergency services were called to an apartment complex on Church Street, Parramatta, following reports of a stabbing.
Two girls – both aged 17 – were found suffering stab wounds.
They were taken to Westmead Hospital where one the youths died. She is yet to be formally identified.
The other remains in a critical condition.
Officers attached to the Parramatta Police Area Command, assisted by State Crime Command’s Homicide Squad, established Strike Force Benbullen to investigate the circumstances surrounding the incident.
Following inquiries, a 19-year-old man was arrested at Parramatta Police Station about 2.50am today.
They are all known to each other.
Inquiries are continuing.
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