Sydney, November 18: Police in the Australian state of Queensland have fatally shot a man after he stabbed another man and threatened a woman in the early hours of Tuesday morning.

The Queensland Police Service (QPS) said in a statement that officers responded to reports that a man had been stabbed in the neck by another man on a street in the town of Caboolture, 40 kilometers north of Brisbane, around 3:42 a.m. on Tuesday, Xinhua news agency reported. Knife Attack in Australia: 2 Die After Being Stabbed by Unknown Assailant in Melbourne.

The armed offender fled the scene on foot, the QPS said, and was found a short time later threatening a female member of the public. An officer shot the man, who died at the scene. The man who was stabbed was transported to hospital in a serious condition and the woman was not physically injured. The QPS said that the matter is under investigation.

Earlier in November, a teenage boy was hospitalised in a critical condition after a stabbing in eastern Australia on Thursday (November 6, 2025) night. A statement released by the police service in the Australian state of Queensland said that emergency services were called to reports of a stabbing at a property in the suburb of Molendinar, 65 kilometers southeast of Brisbane in the state's Gold Coast region. Sydney Stabbing: 1 Dead, Another Injured in Knife Attack at Bus Station in Mount Druitt; Police Launch Probe.

A 17-year-old boy was found at the scene with serious injuries and transported to hospital in a critical condition. The Queensland Police Service said that two attackers reportedly fled the scene in a vehicle prior to the arrival of officers. A crime scene was established and investigations into locating the two offenders were ongoing.

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