A man has been charged with grievous bodily harm after allegedly stabbing another man who was found with chest injuries in the toilet of a Gold Coast shopping centre.
Raymond Wilkinson, 42, was allegedly stabbed in the chest during an altercation with another man in Welch Street, Southport, at around 12.20pm on Friday.
Mr Wilkinson then staggered to the nearby Australia Fair shopping centre before collapsing on the floor of a public toilet.
He was discovered by a member of the public who called emergency services.
As Wilkinson underwent emergency surgery for chest wounds, police launched a wide-scale manhunt for her alleged attacker, eventually arresting a 43-year-old man in Miami’s Gold Coast suburb late on Friday night.
He was charged with grievous bodily harm, possession of a relevant substance and possession of drug paraphernalia and was remanded in custody to appear at Southport Magistrates’ Court on September 10.
A man has been charged with grievous bodily harm after allegedly stabbing another man (pictured on a stretcher) who was found in the toilet of a popular Gold Coast shopping centre.
The victim was found clinging to life before undergoing surgery at the hospital and has since been in stable condition.
Emergency services were called to the Australia Fair shopping centre on Marine Parade in Southport at around 12.20pm on Friday.
The location is across the road from the Gold Coast Show, which has attracted thousands of people to Broadwater Parklands amid temperatures of 31°C.
In March this year, a young woman was stabbed at the Pacific Fair shopping centre on the corner of Hooker Boulevard and Gold Coast Highway in Broadbeach.
The woman, aged around 20, was found with two stab wounds.
There have also been serious knife incidents at shopping centres in Melbourne and Sydney, including the horrific deaths of six people at Westfield Bondi Junction in April.