A government employee is fighting for life in hospital after being stabbed while at work on Friday morning, with fellow co-workers being taken away from the crime scene in tears.
Police suspect the alleged attacker is a 32-year-old man who set upon the 55-year-old worker on the ground floor in the foyer of Rawson Place Haymarket building.
He was treated by police just before 9:30am before NSW Ambulance paramedics rushed him to St Vincent's Hospital where he is in a critical but stable condition. A 56-year-old Service NSW employee is in a critical but stable condition after being stabbed multiple times by a 32-year-old man in Sydney CBD on Friday. Picture John Grainger
Police cordoned off the scene and have begun their investigation into what happened. Picture: John GraingerWitnesses told officers the man repeatedly stabbed the worker in the lower back, chest and shoulder.Police have set up a crime scene and have begun an investigation into what happened.Officers interview two distraught colleagues. Picture John GraingerThe man's co-workers could be seen visibly in tears as they were interviewed by police on the events that unfolded inside the centre.
A police officer stuck a sign on the doors of the building advising customers it would be closed for the rest of Friday due to the incident.
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