Horrified bystanders have reportedly witnessed a man stab himself with a knife at a busy shopping centre.
The incident occurred at around 4.30pm at Chullora Marketplace in the western Sydney suburb of Greenacre.
According to a Facebook page tracking emergency services activity ‘a mentally ill man took out a knife and start(ed) stabbing himself,’
‘No one else is hurt.’
Pictures from the scene showed a man sitting on a bench with officers surrounding him with one having a gloved hand on his neck.
Police have been contacted for comment.
The latest incident comes only a day after a teenager was rushed to hospital with serious injuries after being allegedly stabbed outside a Melbourne shopping centre.
The alleged incident happened near the CS Square Shopping Centre in Caroline Springs in Melbourne’s west on Thursday.
Police were called to Lake Street near the shopping centre at 5.15pm after reports of a stabbing.
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