A paramedic has died in hospital after he was stabbed at a fast-food restaurant in Sydney's southwest, with the tragedy described as incomprehensible.
A man, 21, was arrested by police at the scene and taken in for questioning.
The officer, aged in his late 20s, was fatally stabbed outside the fast food restaurant in Campbelltown while he and a workmate were on a break at about 5.30am on Friday.Australian paramedic receives US presidential award for 'outstanding' volunteer workNSW Ambulance Commissioner Dominic Morgan said he had been told by the slain man's father his son had always wanted to be a paramedic and had just been re-posted to southwest Sydney.
"I'm told that he was just so pleased that he was going to be able to stay here with his family, bring up his children and look forward to the area that he lived in and loved more than anything.""The surgeons ... worked valiantly, albeit futile in this instance, to support our colleague," he said.NSW Health Secretary Susan Pearce broke down at a press conference, telling reporters the health system was one big family.
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