3 killed in attack at southwest Sydney home-Xinhua

3 killed in attack at southwest Sydney home

Source: Xinhua

Editor: huaxia

2026-05-03 08:34:02

SYDNEY, May 3 (Xinhua) -- A man has been arrested after three people were killed in an attack at a home in southwest Sydney in the early hours of Sunday morning.

A police statement said that emergency services were called to reports of an assault at a home in Rosemeadow, 45 km southwest of central Sydney, shortly after 1:30 a.m. on Sunday.

Officers arrived at the scene and located the bodies of a woman believed to be in her 60s and a man in his 20s. A 64-year-old man with serious head injuries was taken to hospital in a critical condition, where he later died.

Police said that all three people had been assaulted by a man known to them.

Around 2:30 a.m., a vehicle arrived at the home and the 32-year-old male driver was arrested and taken to a nearby police station.

A crime scene has been established at the home and local police have commenced an investigation with assistance from homicide squad detectives.