A man has been charged with alleged murder following a five hour police manhunt after he allegedly stabbed his grandmother to death and critically injured his grandfather.
A 71-year-old flagged down a passing driver outside his home in Bega on the New South Wales south coast after he and his wife were allegedly stabbed at about 3.30pm on Friday.
His wife, 69, was rushed to South East Regional Hospital, where she died.
Her husband was airlifted to Canberra Hospital, where he is fighting for life.
A man has been charged with murder following a five hour police manhunt after he allegedly stabbed his grandmother to death and critically injured his grandfather
South Coast Police District detectives, assisted by the State Crime Command’s Homicide Squad, are investigating the alleged incident. Pictured is Bega Police Station
A man, 20, was taken to hospital under police guard and has since has been charged with murder and two counts of wounding with intent to murder.
He was refused bail and is expected to appear in Batemans Bail Local Court on Sunday.
Police confirmed on Saturday that the alleged attacker, 20, is the couple’s grandson.
The tragedy has rocked the Bega community.
‘Normally it’s a pretty quiet place,’ resident Bob Russell told the ABC.
‘We’re only normally on the map for the Bega cheese, not for all the bad things.’
A man was refused bail and is expected to appear in Batemans Bail Local Court on Sunday
Rebecca Lupton told 9 News she witnessed the 71-year-old man waving at cars.
‘We came home yesterday afternoon after the school pick-up, and as we drove around the corner I saw the older guy waving,’ she said.
‘In hindsight that was when he was flagging down help because minutes later there was ambulances and police sirens. We’re used to hoons coming down the street, we’re not quite used to everything halting when the sound of that police siren starts.’
Police began a large scale manhunt and warned local residents to stay indoors after the man allegedly fled from the murder scene in his grandparents’ car on Friday afternoon.
Police confirmed on Saturday that the alleged attacker, 20, is the couple’s grandson
Police alleged the man, attacked a motorist in the head with a hammer an hour later during an alleged carjacking on the Sapphire Coast Drive in Bournda.
He was airlifted to Sydney’s St George Hospital, where he remains in a critical condition.
A female passenger escaped unharmed. The man allegedly crashed 500 metres down the road and ran into bushland.
Police called in helicopters, negotiators and special tactical operatives to capture him and arrested him at about 8.20pm.
A man from the Bournda area said residents were told to stay indoors while the manhunt was underway.
‘Police told the neighbours that he was in the vicinity and could be in their backyard,’ the man told The Sunday Telegraph.
‘For a lot of neighbours, it was quite concerning.’
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