Sydney martial arts instructor arrested for alleged murder of family

21/2/2024 18:25

        A Sydney martial arts instructor has been arrested for the alleged triple murder of a South Korean family living in the city after a child and woman were found dead in a Taekwondo centre, Australian police said on Wednesday.
        
        Police arrested the 49-year-old man in hospital late on Tuesday night, Detective Superintendent Daniel Doherty told a press conference.
        
        The man, who is under police guard and expected to be charged with three murders, was being treated for apparent stab wounds to his chest, arms and stomach, according to a separate police statement.
        
        Police said he arrived at Westmead Hospital in Sydney's northwest just before midnight on Monday and subsequently told officers he had been attacked in the car park of a supermarket.
        
        In the course of investigating the man's assault on Tuesday morning, police found the body of a 39-year-old man in the suburb of Baulkham Hills in the city's northwest with what appeared to be multiple fatal stab wounds.