The 31-year-old was charged with attempted murder after alleged attack that left co-worker with upper body wounds

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A woman has been charged with attempted murder after she allegedly wielded scissors in a stabbing attack against her co-worker in a luxury hotel in central Sydney.

Emergency services were called to the InterContinental Sydney on Macquarie Street at 2.20am on Saturday after reports of an assault.

Police found a 30-year-old woman with stab wounds to her upper body, police said. She was treated by New South Wales Ambulance paramedics and taken to St Vincent’s hospital where she was due to undergo surgery today, chief inspector Gary Coffey said.

A 27-year-old woman was also injured after attempting to intervene and was also taken to St Vincent’s Hospital.

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A 31-year-old woman was arrested at the hotel and taken to Day Street police station where she was charged with causing grievous bodily harm with intent to murder and assault, police said in a statement.

All three women worked together at the hotel, Coffey said.

He said the attack weapon was a pair of scissors and that the incident unfolded in a back office area out of public view.

“At this stage, we’re unable to confirm the exact motive for this crime, other than all three persons involved in this incident are co-workers,” he told reporters on Saturday morning.

“I’m not exactly sure of the circumstances which led up to the attack, but you would have to think that there was some sort of … dispute, this morning in the work environment.”

When asked whether the attack was “frenzied”, Coffey said it was – and that it was “lucky that things didn’t escalate worse than that”.

A spokesperson from InterContinental said no comment would be made.

The 31-year-old was refused bail to appear before Parramatta local court on Sunday.

Source: www.theguardian.com