Two Stabbings Rock Newcastle Suburbs

0:00It's April 19th. This is Sydney News Today, powered by AI. Two brutal stabbing shook suburbs near Newcastle overnight. First, 25-year-old Blaze McIntyre got arrested for allegedly murdering his mother in Windale. Cops rushed to a home on Marigom Street around 8 p.m. after a welfare check, finding the woman in her 40s dead from knife wounds to her face, and body. They say he used the household knife now in forensics. The triple-zero call came from a man they believe was McIntyre himself. No history of domestic violence between them, according to police. He's charged with domestic violence murder, bailed the night in court Sunday, and won't see a judge again until June. Meanwhile, 12 kilometers away in Argentin, another man in his 30s got stabbed to death around 4 a.m. A group of six to eight guys in dark clothes and face masks busted into his unit, beat him, stabbed him, then bounced. Cops called it a targeted hit. The victim was known to them, but no arrests yet.

1:01Crime scenes locked down at both spots as investigations roll on, leaving communities on edge for answers.