NSW Police have charged a man over a separate alleged knife attack on a woman in Bondi Beach, just a day before the Westfield mass murder horror.
Police said on Sunday they had arrested and charged a 43-year-old man with wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm following the alleged attack on Roscoe Street in Bondi Beach on Friday.
The attack, which took place shortly before 11am, took a 36-year-old woman to hospital.
Paramedics treated the woman for head injuries and took her to the hospital in stable condition.
“A crime scene has been established and officers attached to Eastern Suburbs Police Area Command have commenced an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the incident,” police said.
A 43-year-old man was arrested and charged with stabbing a 36-year-old woman on Friday morning on Roscoe Street, Bondi Beach. The woman was taken to the hospital in stable condition.
Police (pictured at the scene of Saturday’s massacre) have said the two stabbing incidents are not related.
‘Following investigations, a 43-year-old man was arrested in Riverwood at around 1.20pm the same day.
“He was taken to Campsie police station and charged.”
The alleged knife violence came just a day before Queensland man Joel Cauchi, 40, rampaged through the Westfied shopping center in Bondi, killing six people. The police shot him dead.
NCA NewsWire does not suggest the two incidents are related.