Overview

• Emergency services were called to Hornsby station at about 4:30pm following reports of an assault on a train.
• Officers from the Ku-Ring-Gai Police Area Command found a 14-year-old with chest wounds and paramedics provided initial treatment.
• The boy was transported to Westmead Children’s Hospital for further care.
• A group of teenagers, including the suspected attacker, exited at Hornsby and fled as police established a crime scene.
• The weapon has not been found, and a media report indicated the injury may have been a slash rather than a stab, which remains unconfirmed.