A 16-year-old boy has died after a mass stabbing at a birthday party in Sydney's northwest. Aidan Smith succumbed to his injuries at Westmead Hospital early on Sunday morning, hours after the incident in Ryde.
Police were called to a home on Ryde just after midnight on Sunday following a fight among young partygoers. Six males and a female were found with stab wounds. Smith was taken to hospital in critical condition, while another 16-year-old boy and a 21-year-old man remain in serious condition.
Three boys, two aged 16 and one aged 17, and an 18-year-old woman were taken to Royal North Shore Hospital with stab wounds and are in stable condition. Gladesville Superintendent John Duncan confirmed Smith's death is being treated as homicide.
Police are speaking to witnesses and no arrests have been made. Duncan stated the fight broke out among the approximately 50 partygoers, not gatecrashers. 'For some reason it's turned violent and that's what we need to get to the bottom of,' he said.
Smith's 21-year-old sister paid tribute to him on Facebook, writing: 'I love you with all my heart Aidan and I'm so sorry this had to happen to you. R.I.P my baby brother still cannot believe this has happened.'
