Munno Para, Adelaide: Couple raced to hospital with serious injuries after alleged stabbing
A man has been charged after a woman and her new partner were allegedly stabbed moments after arriving at her mother’s home.
The 41-year-old man was charged with two counts of attempted murder after a man and a woman, both 40, were allegedly attacked at a house on Coventry Road in Munno Para at around 6.30pm on Friday evening.
It is understood the man was the ex-partner of the woman who had just arrived at her mother’s home with her two children and her new partner.
The children, an eight-year-old girl and a three-year-old boy, were unharmed.
A man has been charged after a woman and her new partner were allegedly stabbed moments after arriving at her mother’s home (pictured, Friday’s crime scene)
The man and woman were rushed to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, with the woman treated for a laceration to her arm and the man for abdominal injuries.
Their alleged attacker has been refused bail and will appear in the Elizabeth Magistrates Court on Monday.
Neighbors on the usually quiet street said the man was apprehended by witnesses after allegedly throwing a knife at the couple.
One neighbor, who wished to remain anonymous, was shocked by the scene.
“When I got home, all I saw was people holding someone against the fence… and there were bloodstains on the floor,” she said The advertiser.
“There was a lot of screaming and crying, so I ran outside and called the police and the man was held until the police came to arrest him.”
The 41-year-old man was charged with two counts of attempted murder after a man and a woman, both 40, were allegedly attacked at a house on Coventry Road in Munno Para.
SA Police said the people involved know each other.
“Police and paramedics responded to Coventry Road, Munno Para at around 6.15pm to reports of a violent assault,” a police statement said.
‘The suspect was arrested at the scene by witnesses and quickly taken into custody by the police.
‘The investigation is in the early stages; However, the police understand that those involved know each other and that this was not a random incident.’
Police have asked anyone with information to contact Crime Stoppers.