Man in critical condition in Perth hospital after stabbing attack at Port Hedland | ABC News

One of the seven people stabbed in a rampage in South Hedland, Western Australia, where the attacker was shot dead by police remains in a critical condition and is undergoing surgery in Royal Perth Hospital.

He was the only one of the victims, who were aged between 19 and 39, to be seriously injured by the 34-year-old fly-in-fly-out worker from the Perth metropolitan area.

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