A man has been stabbed during a brawl of up to 50 people on a suburban street in Sydney‘s west.Emergency services were called to Rebecca Road in Greenacre about 9pm yesterday following reports of a brawl.
Rechad Bechara, 25, was stabbed in the neck during the incident.
The riot squad was called in to de-escalate the situation. (Nine)
“My son Rechad is very innocent,” his mother said.
”He is not a troublemaker.
“He’s got his own business, he looks after his family very well, and he’s a church boy, every Sunday he takes his son to the church.”
When officers arrived, they were told two groups had been arguing outside a home before a fight ensued.
The 25-year-old is a local construction worker, MMA fighter, and father of a one-year-old. (Nine)
The violence lasted for several minutes, drawing neighbours out of their homes.
“The friends were like pulling each other apart. He said, ‘No, trust me, go back inside’, and one of them was putting on a balaclava,” a neighbour who witnessed the ordeal told 9News.
“His mum came out and he was telling them, ‘Make sure she’s safe, make sure everything’s alright’, while he’s bleeding out.”
Bechara is a construction worker, MMA fighter, and father of a one-year-old.
Paramedics treated him for non-life-threatening injuries before he was taken to hospital in a stable condition, where he remained today.
Despite some people who were allegedly involved in the fight fleeing, the riot squad was called in to de-escalate the situation.
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