Boy, 16, charged with murder after alleged fatal stabbing of 18-year-old outside western Sydney school

A boy charged with the murder of another boy at a western Sydney school will remain behind bars after his bail was refused following a brief court appearance. The child, who cannot be identified, is alleged to have fatally stabbed an 18-year-old on Power St at Doonside on Friday afternoon. He has since been charged with murder. He did not apply for bail when he briefly appeared at Parramatta Children’s Court on Saturday. Emergency services were called to the scene on Power St at Doonside about 3.40pm on Friday, following reports two teenagers had been stabbed. Before police could attend, two teens aged 18 and 19 presented to Blacktown Police Station with stab wounds. The 18-year-old died at the scene. The other teen was taken to Westmead Hospital in a serious but stable condition. A 16-year-old boy was arrested nearby and taken to Mount Druitt Police Station. A NSW Police spokesman said the boy had been charged with murder and refused bail to appear at a children’s court on Saturday. Officers from Blacktown PAC with assistance from State Crime Command’s Homicide Squad has commenced an investigation into the incident under Strike Force Cooey. Bystanders who were in the area said children were on the way home from school waiting for their bus when the incident happened. Others alleged there was a fight on a bus between a group of teenagers before the alleged stabbing. Another witness said she saw a youth jump her fence while others ran through backyards. Several bus routes were diverted as a result. It was not long after classes ended for the April school holidays.