<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>An 82-year-old man is fighting for life and a younger man believed to know him has been arrested following a suspected </span><a href="http://9news.com.au/stabbing" rel="" target="" title="stabbing"><span>stabbing</span></a><span> in </span><a href="http://9news.com.au/sydney" rel="" target="" title="Sydney's"><span>Sydney's</span></a><span> inner west.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police were called to Lyons Road near Williams Road in Five Dock about 3:45pm today following reports of a stabbing.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Witnesses said the 82-year-old was stabbed on the street by another man, who ran from the scene.</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/mount-pritchard-man-body-found-driveway-sydney-west-new-south-wales-police-investigate/beaefb18-bf25-4ac7-89f3-db3bcfef307b"><strong><span>Man accused of murdering neighbour after tree row</span></strong></a></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/world/plane-catches-fire-at-south-korean-airport/9746b322-68c7-475f-8fd1-f40b0558757a" rel="" target="" title=""><strong><span>Death toll climbs in fiery plane crash</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>They rushed to help the older man before paramedics arrived and rushed him to the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in a critical condition.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police, who set up a crime scene in Five Dock, arrested a 51-year-old man in Pyrmont about 6:20pm.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/sydney-news-suspected-stabbing-in-five-dock/101b5211-0788-466d-a99d-728783b1be2f" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He was tonight assisting police with their inquiries at Day Street police station.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police said it was believed the men knew each other.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f"><strong><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></strong></a><strong><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. Available on the</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://apps.apple.com/au/app/9news/id1010533727"><strong><span>Apple App Store</span></strong></a><span> </span><strong><span>and</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nineNewsAlerts.nine.com&amp;hl=en_AU"><strong><span>Google Play</span></strong></a><strong><span>.</span></strong></div></div>