Gumleaf
October 10th, 2008, 02:25 AM
13:00 AEST Fri Oct 10 2008
An 18-year-old Sydney woman has been stabbed to death and her 20-year-old sister is in custody.
Police say they were called to a home on Mosely Street in Strathfield at 11.30am where they found the body of the teenager who'd died as a result of stab wounds.
"We've got a 20-year-old in custody," a police spokesman said.
"They were sisters."
An ambulance spokeswoman say the younger sister had been stabbed in the neck and was confirmed dead when paramedics arrived.
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Sister arrested after stabbing death
18:16 AEST Fri Oct 10 2008
A "normal, happy" Sydney family has been torn apart by the stabbing death of a teenage girl and the arrest of her older sister.
The 18-year-old girl died after being stabbed in the neck in her Mosely Street home at Strathfield about 11.30am (AEDT) Friday.
Police were called to the neatly hedged Federation-style home in the city's inner west by a third party.
They immediately took the teenager's 20-year-old sister into custody and were still questioning her late Friday afternoon.
"We've got a 20-year-old in custody," a police spokesman said.
"They were sisters."
As officers went door-to-door after sealing off part of the usually quiet street, neighbours expressed their shock.
A taxi driver, who gave his name only as Laval, said he would often wave and say hello to the family as he drove by.
The two young women along with their mother, father, and a younger boy, were a "normal, happy family", he said.
"It is a shocking thing that happened.
"I saw them from time to time. I never talked to them but to say hello.
"To imagine that something like this happened here is very hard."
The family's next-door neighbour, who wanted to be identified only as Bajrang, said he was stunned when police told him of the incident.
"I'm shocked," he said.
"The police came from the back and knocked on my door and they asked if I heard anything, any crying or anything like that, and I said no."
One neighbour said her children were the same age as the two girls and had often played together when they were younger.
"It's just horrible," she said.
Moseley Street resident Min Yao said the street was a quiet one and residents tended to keep to themselves.
"It's really, really shocking," she said.
"Somebody was killed, I couldn't believe that. It's unbelievable."
An ambulance spokeswoman said the young woman was already dead when paramedics arrived at the scene.
An 18-year-old Sydney woman has been stabbed to death and her 20-year-old sister is in custody.
Police say they were called to a home on Mosely Street in Strathfield at 11.30am where they found the body of the teenager who'd died as a result of stab wounds.
"We've got a 20-year-old in custody," a police spokesman said.
"They were sisters."
An ambulance spokeswoman say the younger sister had been stabbed in the neck and was confirmed dead when paramedics arrived.
EDIT: UPDATED ARTICLE BELOW
Sister arrested after stabbing death
18:16 AEST Fri Oct 10 2008
A "normal, happy" Sydney family has been torn apart by the stabbing death of a teenage girl and the arrest of her older sister.
The 18-year-old girl died after being stabbed in the neck in her Mosely Street home at Strathfield about 11.30am (AEDT) Friday.
Police were called to the neatly hedged Federation-style home in the city's inner west by a third party.
They immediately took the teenager's 20-year-old sister into custody and were still questioning her late Friday afternoon.
"We've got a 20-year-old in custody," a police spokesman said.
"They were sisters."
As officers went door-to-door after sealing off part of the usually quiet street, neighbours expressed their shock.
A taxi driver, who gave his name only as Laval, said he would often wave and say hello to the family as he drove by.
The two young women along with their mother, father, and a younger boy, were a "normal, happy family", he said.
"It is a shocking thing that happened.
"I saw them from time to time. I never talked to them but to say hello.
"To imagine that something like this happened here is very hard."
The family's next-door neighbour, who wanted to be identified only as Bajrang, said he was stunned when police told him of the incident.
"I'm shocked," he said.
"The police came from the back and knocked on my door and they asked if I heard anything, any crying or anything like that, and I said no."
One neighbour said her children were the same age as the two girls and had often played together when they were younger.
"It's just horrible," she said.
Moseley Street resident Min Yao said the street was a quiet one and residents tended to keep to themselves.
"It's really, really shocking," she said.
"Somebody was killed, I couldn't believe that. It's unbelievable."
An ambulance spokeswoman said the young woman was already dead when paramedics arrived at the scene.