<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A man with a disability has been stabbed in the chest during a house party gone wrong in the Adelaide suburb of Croydon Park.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Witnesses have told 9News that the attacker, armed with a knife and a bat, suddenly lost control, threatening several guests in an incident on Hudson Avenue just before 2am.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Victim Tony Fricker, who lives with a disability, says he was lucky to make it home.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/wind-rain-thunderstorm-weather-south-australia-victoria/ac7d42ff-f939-4c2f-9f36-d6cf7be5ba90"><strong><span>Southern states warned to brace for storms, 'rare' destructive winds</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I just felt something just hit me there and I said 'you're okay' and he just stabbed into me," the 54-year-old said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Witnesses said the altercation escalated rapidly, with the alleged assailant threatening several guests. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"He just got out of control and he had a go at a girl that was here," Fricker said.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/man-with-disability-stabbed-adelaide-house-party/b059ed86-23b7-4210-a33d-31d3a8c1a581" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Another witness said they "heard a fight".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/aws-outage-what-happened-who-is-impacted-everything-you-need-to-know-explained/65fa4136-1c6d-4b1e-8d46-e48691a39849"><strong><span>How an error at a data centre took down half the internet</span></strong></a><strong><span></span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I thought it was a little punch up… I didn't know it was a knife up," neighbour Kumar Singh said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Fricker was taken to hospital for treatment. While there were fears he had suffered a punctured lung, he ended up only requiring a few stitches.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Despite living just metres away from his suspected attacker, he says he's not scared or even angry at his neighbour for what unfolded last night, and just hopes something similar doesn't happen again.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A 53-year-old man has been charged with aggravated assault over the incident. He is scheduled to appear in court in December.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><em><span>This article was produced with the assistance of</span></em><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/technology/9express/16480c33-636a-461f-9c4f-d0e2522c722a"><em><span>9ExPress</span></em></a><em><span>.</span></em></div></div>

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