A teenage boy has been arrested over the alleged stabbing of a 16-year-old boy on a train at East Maitland.
Police say the two 16-year-olds, who are known to each other, were travelling on a train between Beresfield and Maitland at about 7.20pm on Thursday when the pair became involved in an argument which quickly escalated, with one of the boys producing a knife and stabbing the other in the abdomen.
The injured boy got off the train at Victoria Street station and sought assistance from a train guard.
The doors of the train were locked as it left the station and police arrested the youth when it arrived at Maitland.
He's been charged with wound with intent to cause grievous bodily harm, reckless wounding and having custody of a knife in a public place.
He's been refused bail to face Broadmeaodow Children's Court today (Friday 29 May 2020).
The injured boy underwent surgery at the John Hunter Hospital and is in a stable condition.
