4 injured in crash, suspected stabbing in Sydney’s south

SYDNEY, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) — Four people, including a police officer, were injured following a car crash and suspected stabbing in Sydney’s south in Australia’s New South Wales (NSW) state on Sunday.
NSW police said emergency services were responding to a two-vehicle crash incident in Engadine, a suburb in southern Sydney.
Officers arrived to find a man, who appeared to be with stab wounds, allegedly running from the crash scene.
The man was taken into custody with the deployment of a Taser, police said.
A police officer suffered a serious laceration to his left wrist, believed to have been incurred during the arrest.
A woman, a passenger in the crashed vehicle, was found suffering multiple wounds, police said.
All four injured were being treated by NSW Ambulance paramedics. ■