Man charged after 15-year-old boy found dead in Sydney

SYDNEY: A 32-year-old man will face court on Sunday charged with allegedly murdering a 15-year-old boy in Wilton, a town of the Macarthur Region of Sydney, police in the Australian state of New South Wales said in a statement on Sunday morning.

Officers were called to bushland off Wilton Park Road in Wilton at about 7:25 a.m. local time on Saturday (2025 GMT on Friday), after the boy’s body was found.

Following a public appeal for information, a 32-year-old man was arrested after presenting himself at a police station shortly after 4:00 p.m. local time (0500 GMT) Saturday. He has now been charged with murder.

Detectives will allege in court the man stabbed the teen during a physical altercation, according to the statement.

-Xinhua