One person is dead and two critically injured after a stabbing attack near a suburban train station. -AAP Image
A man is in custody after three people were stabbed near a train station, leaving one of them dead.
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Police responded to reports of the stabbing in Merrylands, in Sydney's west, about 10am on Tuesday.
They were told a man had fled on foot after stabbing multiple people.
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, they confirmed a man had been arrested and taken to the nearby Granville Police Station.
The man was arrested on Smythe St in Merrylands.
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