Brave neighbours rally to stop bloody street attack in Auburn A BRICK was used to threaten a meat cleaver-wielding man as locals tried to subdue him, after he had allegedly just slashed two people, including an elderly woman believed to be his mother. Witnesses reported hearing a domestic argument in a house on Northcote Rd, Auburn. The argument spilled on to the street after a man with a cleaver started attacking his family at about 1pm. Nooria Bakir, 42, saw several of her neighbours try to stop the man from attacking another man, believed to be his brother. Ms Bakir said one neighbour picked up a brick and yelled: "Stop." "I saw my neighbour screaming and I looked out the window and there was a man with blood on his face and head," Ms Bakir said. He was screaming, 'Stop. Stop. A neighbour held a brick up and told (the alleged attacker) to stop. Then I called the police. Ms Bakir said the neighbours held the man at bay until police arrived and tackled him through her side fence, which was smashed to the ground. Another frightened local, who did not want to be named, said he had never seen anything like the frenzied attack. I saw an Asian man running down the road in front of my mum's house with a meat cleaver. He didn't try to run," he said. Police said both victims suffered "horrific" wounds to the head and upper body. Both were listed in a critical condition last night. The alleged attacker was charged overnight.