Six killed in mass stabbing in Sydney mall, attacker shot dead

At least six individuals have been killed and several other others, together with a baby, have been injured in a mass stabbing incident at a purchasing centre in the Australian metropolis of Sydney on Saturday.

Police have been known as to Westfield Bondi Junction, one of many busiest purchasing locations in the town, following stories of a number of stabbings.

Police mentioned the suspect acted alone and was shot dead on the scene of the assault.

New South Wales Police’s Assistant Commissioner Anthony Cooke instructed CNN {that a} senior police inspector was close by when the assault unfolded.

She reached the scene first and engaged with the attacker.

The police inspector shot the attacker when he raised a knife on her.

“She discharged her firearm, and that individual is now deceased,” Cooke instructed CNN.

No info relating to the attacker, or the motive behind the incident, has been disclosed up to now.

Eight individuals, together with a baby, have been transported to hospitals throughout Sydney, NSW Ambulance service confirmed to CNN.

Witnesses describe the scene

Two brothers mentioned they helped a mom and her child who have been stabbed by the attacker.

“The child received stabbed,” one of many males instructed 9News.

“The mum received stabbed and the mum came visiting with the child and threw it at me and (I) was holding the child,” he mentioned.

The man mentioned he believed the child would survive the damage.

The husband of one of many injured instructed 9News he was relieved to see his spouse at St Vincent’s Hospital.

“We didn’t know what had occurred,” he mentioned.

“She simply received a bit, they mentioned, stab in the highest right-hand nook of her again,” he mentioned.

“She thought she received punched after which she touched herself and there was blood,” he mentioned.

“But aside from that, she’s okay, she’s alive and that’s all that issues,” he instructed the information channel.

Earlier, a grocery store employee on the purchasing centre instructed 9News he was set free of the purchasing centre simply after 4.30pm.

“My girlfriend known as me, she mentioned that her mum works upstairs, stage three and she or he mentioned, ‘Look, please watch out, there’s a taking pictures’,” he mentioned.

Australian PM reacts

Australian PM Anthony Albanese described the occasion in the mall as ‘devastating’.

“I’ve been briefed by the AFP on the devastating occasions at Bondi Junction. Tragically, a number of casualties have been reported and the primary ideas of all Australians are with these affected and their family members,” he mentioned.

“Our hearts exit to these injured and we provide our due to these caring for them in addition to our courageous police and first responders,” he posted on X.

Mass casualty occasions are uncommon in Australia.

In 2019, at the very least 4 individuals died in a mass taking pictures incident in Darwin.