At a crowded Sydney shopping mall on Saturday, a man fatally shot himself after stabbing six people, according to police. Hundreds of people fled the chaotic scene, many of them crying as they carried their children. Eight were hurt, one of them a 9-month-old.
The Sydney Police Report
According to New South Wales Assistant Police Commissioner Anthony Cooke, the 40-year-old was stopped in the knife assault at the Westfield Shopping Centre in Bondi Junction, which is in the eastern suburbs of the city, when he turned and produced a knife, prompting a police inspector to shoot him.
“They just said run, run, run—someone’s been stabbed,” an Australian witness stated to ABC TV. “The assailant walked with such composure as if he were enjoying an ice cream cone in a park. Then he ascended the escalators, and we heard three gunshots about a minute later.”
Together with the suspect, six victims—five women and one man—passed away. Hospitals were treating the eight injured, according to Commissioner Karen Webb. She claimed that although the infant was in surgery, it was too soon to determine its condition.
In a subsequent briefing, Webb stated, “We are confident that there is no ongoing risk, and we are dealing with one person who is now deceased.” “It’s not a terrorist incident,” she continued. She stated that investigators were still trying to find the man’s motivation and would not be identifying him just yet.
The Police’s Bravery
The infrequent, violent outburst startled some of the observers. After a man in Tasmania in 1996 killed 35 people and injured another 23, Australia passed stringent gun control legislation.
According to the official, a police officer engaged the perpetrator and saved lives. Cooke stated that shortly after arriving on the scene, the senior police inspector confronted and engaged the suspect while she was by herself, so “saving a range of people’s lives.”
According to Webb, the officer “showed enormous courage and bravery.” Regarding the police inspector, a different witness told 7News, “I don’t know how many more he would have done if she hadn’t shot.”
The Unfortunate And Astonishing Incident
Following a stabbing spree that left six people dead and numerous others injured, a throng gathered outside Sydney’s Westfield Shopping Centre on Saturday.
On camera, a large number of police cars and ambulances were seen surrounding the mall, and people were seen leaving in droves, many of them holding little children. On the scene, paramedics were tending to patients.
Australian ABC TV’s Roi Huberman, a sound engineer, reported to the network that he took refuge in a store throughout the event. “And suddenly we heard a shot or maybe two shots and we didn’t know what to do,” he continued. “After that, the store’s extremely competent employee led us to the back, where it is lockable. We are presently outside after she let us through the back door after locking the store.”
The Sydney stabbings “shocked and saddened” the Prince and Princess of Wales, who made the statement from Britain. Australian royals Prince William and his wife Kate expressed their sympathy to the impacted parties as well as the “heroic emergency responders who risked their own lives to save others.”
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