New South Wales Emergency Services were called to a home on Beachview Close, North Narooma around 12.40am on Friday 20 May 2022 following reports of a stabbing.
Police were told that an altercation broke out at a party between two men who are known to each other – aged 31 and 24 years.
The 31-year-old man was treated at the scene by NSW Ambulance paramedics for stab wounds to his buttocks and upper leg, before being taken to Narooma Hospital and then airlifted to Canberra Hospital in a stable condition.
Police seized a knife for forensic examination. Officers attached to South Coast Police District commenced inquiries into the incident and arrested the 24-year-old man after he returned to the scene just before 8am Friday. The man was taken to Narooma Police Station and charged with reckless wounding. He was refused bail to appear in Wollongong Local Court today, 21 May 2022.