Source : Perth Now news
A man has been charged after allegedly attacking two elderly men with a hammer in separate random incidents in Sydney’s northwest.
The 36-year-old was arrested at a unit in Eastwood after police launched an investigation into the alleged attacks on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Police believe the incidents were random, with both victims taken to hospital after allegedly being struck in the face and head.
The first alleged attack occurred about 9pm on Tuesday, when a 75-year-old man answered a knock at the front door of his Doomben Ave home.
Police allege the man was struck in the face with a hammer after opening the door.
NSW Ambulance paramedics treated him at the scene before taking him to Royal North Shore Hospital in a stable condition.
Less than 10 hours later, a 71-year-old man was allegedly attacked in a nearby park on the corner of Blaxland Rd and Doomben Ave.
Emergency services were called shortly before 7am on Wednesday, after the man was allegedly struck several times in the face and head with a hammer.
He was treated by paramedics before being taken to Royal North Shore Hospital in a serious but stable condition.
Following inquiries, police executed a search warrant at a unit on Doomben Ave with assistance from the North and South West Metropolitan Operations Support Group and the Dog Unit.
A hammer was allegedly found near the property and seized by investigators.
Police arrested the 36-year-old man inside the unit.
Officers allege the man assaulted police during the arrest before a Taser was deployed.
He was taken to Gladesville Police Station and charged with causing wounding or grievous bodily harm with intent to murder, assaulting a police officer in the execution of duty without causing actual bodily harm, and destroying or damaging property valued at less than $2000.
The man was refused bail and briefly fronted Burwood Local Court on Thursday.
