Pizza shop owner Sonmez Alagoz fatally stabbed while working nightshift in Western Sydney
Seven teenagers, the youngest just 13, have been taken into custody over the stabbing death of a popular pizza shop owner at his restaurant in Western Sydney.
Sonmez Alagoz, a 58-year-old husband and father, suffered a stab wound to the chest just before 10.30pm on Tuesday.
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By continuing you agree to our Terms and Privacy Policy.Paramedics treated the man at The Pizza Stop on the Great Western Hwy in Kingswood.
He was taken to Westmead Hospital but could not be saved.
The pizza shop was a family-run takeaway restaurant he had owned for 14 years, and local workers on Wednesday described him as a “very kind man”.
Superintendent Trent King said Alagoz’ death was “an absolute tragedy — there’s no other way of describing it”.
King said the Penrith man “had suffered a gruesome injury”.
Two girls aged 13 and 16, four boys — three aged 15 and one aged 17 — and one male aged 19 have been arrested and have been questioned by police.
No charges have been laid and police say the investigation is ongoing.
Anyone with information should contact Crime Stoppers.
Originally published on 7NEWS
