A 22-year-old man has died after being stabbed on a busy street in Newcastle overnight. Police say the man had been involved in a 'violent altercation' with a group of people, but they are still figuring out the exact circumstances of the attack.
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00:00A Hamilton restaurant strip turned crime scene.
00:05A 22-year-old man was stabbed here in the early hours of Sunday morning.
00:09I heard some shouts because they just live around the corner.
00:13It's normally a chill street and no noise or anything.
00:18I've just moved to the local area so it's a bit of a shock to me.
00:22We know so far that a violent altercation did occur between this young man and a group
00:28of people on Beaumont Street.
00:30What led up to that altercation is under investigation.
00:34It's important for us to understand what happened to this young man.
00:38It is important for us to do that so we can assist his poor family.
00:42Paramedics and members of the public tried to save the man before an ambulance rushed
00:47him to hospital.
00:48Unfortunately a short time later that 22-year-old man from Newcastle succumbed to those injuries
00:54and lost his life.
00:56Knowing what I know now, it's really sad and tragic.
01:00Police are certain there are people who know what happened.
01:03We asked them to think about the fact that a young 22-year-old person has lost his life
01:08today.
01:09And there is a family who is in deep mourning trying to come to terms with the circumstances
01:13of that.
01:14Police say there's no ongoing threat to the wider community.