A MAN has been charged after another man was stabbed while waiting for a bus at Wynyard this afternoon.

At about 2pm, emergency services were called to a bus stop on Carrington St, outside Wynyard Railway Station, after reports a man had been stabbed by another man while waiting in a bus queue.

A NSW Police spokesman said officers were investigating it as a random attack and said the stabbing was mental-health related.

The man suffered stab wounds to the back of his neck and was treated by paramedics at the scene, before being taken to St Vincent’s Hospital in a stable condition.

The other man left the area and was seen heading toward York St.

Police arrested him at about 3pm.

He was taken to Day Street Police Station where he was charged with wound person with intent to cause grievous bodily harm, possess or use a prohibited weapon without permit, and affray.

He was refused bail to appear at Central Local Court on Thursday.

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