Shocking axe attack at shopping centre

A man stabbed in a shocking attack outside a shopping centre in Tweed Heads has been rushed to hospital.

Multiple ambulance and police were called to the Tweed City shopping centre in northern NSW about 3.30pm on Thursday responding to calls that a man had been stabbed.

A NSW Ambulance spokesperson said the man aged 25-years old had suffered facial injuries and was taken to the Gold Coast University Hospital in a stable condition.

Tweed Byron Police District officers attended the scene and were told several people were involved in an altercation, in which the 25-year old was injured.

Police have seized a weapon from the scene.

Terrified witnesses wrote on social media that there was “blood everywhere”.

“Why is there not a police presence at this shopping centre? Only 15 minutes before there was teenagers abusing a security guard there. It’s getting worse and never any police to be seen,” a person said.

Another resident said her son’s friend helped the injured person with first aid after a “machete attack” at the local Tweed Heads shopping centre.

A person commented that it was “scary” going to the shops these days.

“Every day a stabbing, bashing, an axe attack a car-jacking … unhinged,” the person said.

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