Teen stabbed in Sydney 'mass brawl'

A 17-year-old boy has been stabbed in Sydney's west, with police saying initial investigations indicated he had been injured in a fight involving a large group of men or boys.

The teenager was found with stab wounds to his leg and torso in Lidcombe late on Saturday night and taken to hospital in a serious condition, police say.

They appealed to the public for information and said it appeared there had been a fight between a large group of men or boys who had then fled the scene.