One man dead, woman injured after stabbing in Perth

An elderly man has died and a woman is in hospital following what police described as a "serious incident" in Perth's northern suburbs.

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00:00 I'm here in Perth's northern suburbs in Greenwood where a man in his 80s was allegedly

00:06 stabbed to death on the street behind me.

00:09 Now a woman in her 70s was also injured and she's been rushed to Royal Perth Hospital

00:13 where it's believed she's in a stable condition.

00:16 This morning police put out a public alert urging residents in the area to stay in their

00:20 homes and lock their doors over fears that a man armed with a knife was roaming around

00:25 the suburbs.

00:27 Now just some time ago a man was arrested one suburb over just north of here in the

00:32 suburb of Kingsley.

00:34 We spoke to some residents on that street who witnessed what happened and his arrest.

00:39 Here's a bit of what they had to say.

00:41 I was just doing a bit of gardening at the front.

00:43 I heard someone screaming get on the floor, get on the floor.

00:46 And I came out and I saw just a single officer from the dog squad who had a gentleman pinned

00:52 on the floor.

00:53 It was on the other side of the car so I couldn't see too much until he was loaded up into the

00:56 back of the car and arrested.

01:01 Now police have asked the public to avoid both areas while they secure the scene and

01:05 investigate exactly what happened.

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