A man is in custody after three people were stabbed near a train station in western Sydney, leaving one of them dead.
Police responded to reports of the stabbing in Merrylands, about 10am on Tuesday.
They were told a man had fled on foot after stabbing multiple people.
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Paramedics treated the three victims at the scene, with one declared dead.
The other two victims were transported to hospital in a critical condition.
Police have not formally identified the dead individual and did not provide identifying information regarding any of the victims.
Shortly before 11am, police said a man had been arrested and taken to the nearby Granville police station.
The man was arrested on Smythe Street in Merrylands.
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