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Police are investigating after a man and a boy were stabbed following a melee involving about 70 people in Sydney's south-west. Emergency services were called to a home on Zephyr Street, Austral about 12:50am this morning following reports that two men had suffered stab wounds. When they arrived, officers were met with a large brawl, in what was described as a "chaotic scene", but did not locate anyone who was injured. Police say about 70 people were at the party. (ABC News) Detective Inspector Scott Houldin said police were forced to use OC spray [pepper spray]. "I have seen some CCTV this morning which depicts that chaos and that will form part of our inquiries," Inspector Scott Houldin said. A short time later, police were called to Browns Road in Austral and found a 19-year-old man sitting in a vehicle with stab wounds to his torso. Police said a 17-year-old boy was found in a second vehicle on Fletcher Street in Middleton Grange with stab wounds to his thigh. Inspector Houldin said police believed a party was being held at the premises before it was interrupted by gatecrashers. "They were met by a group of males at the front of the house, two of which were the victims who sustained the [stab wounds]," he said. Inspector Scott Houldin said police arrived at the address to find a brawl involving 70 people. (ABC News) Inspector Houldin said three knives were found outside the home, as well as "other exhibits", which will undergo forensic testing. "No arrests have been made … I appeal for the community's assistance… anyone with dashcam, CCTV and mobile phone footage to identify those who attended the party last night and caused the brawl and the subsequent stabbings." Paramedics treated the man and boy before they were taken to hospital in a stable condition. Multiple crime scenes have been established, police said. In an unrelated incident in Sydney's north-west, a large brawl broke out at a Gladesville home, leaving two teenage boys with injuries. Police were called to a home on Ashburn Place in Gladesville just after 10pm last night following reports that two people had been assaulted. In Sydney's north-west, two boys aged 17 and 16 were injured in a brawl. (ABC News) Officers were told a large number of teenagers were gathered at the home when a fight erupted between two boys, aged 16 and 17, and five other people not known to them. The 17-year-old boy was struck with a glass bottle and the 16-year-old boy was assaulted by a group, who then fled the scene. The teens were treated by paramedics for head and facial injuries before being taken to hospital for further treatment.Teen glassed in separate house brawl