Sydney boy, 16, charged with stabbing teen

A teenage boy has been charged after another teen boy was stabbed in the arm in Western Sydney.

Police were called to a mall on North Parade, Mount Druitt, on Wednesday following reports of an attack and found a 17-year-old with a stab wound in his arm. He was taken to hospital and remains in a stable condition.

A 16-year-old boy was arrested in Parramatta just after noon on Thursday and charged with intent to cause grievous bodily harm, affray, and larceny. He's due to appear in a children's court on Friday.