Arabic version: اعتقال رجل بعد حادث طعن مميت في أرميديل

According to ABC News, a man has been arrested after a woman was fatally stabbed at a unit in Armidale, in the New South Wales New England region, early on Thursday.

Emergency services were called to the unit on Rockvale Road at about 2:15am following reports of a stabbing. Police found a woman in her 40s with multiple stab wounds.

Paramedics treated the woman, but she died at the scene. Police arrested a 53-year-old man at the unit and took him to Armidale Police Station.

Police believe the man and woman were known to each other. A crime scene has been established and an investigation into the circumstances is under way.