From I24news.com
The knifeman was shot dead by police; the Westfield Bondi Junction shopping center is located in a known Jewish area
An assailant who fatally knifed five people in a Sydney, Australia mall was shot dead by police on Saturday.
The assailant was shot by a police officer after he engaged with nine people in the Westfield Bondi Junction shopping center, located in a known Jewish area.
“She discharged a firearm and that person is now deceased. I am advised that there are five victims who are now deceased as a result of the actions of this offender,” a spokesman said.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese called it a “horrific act of violence, indiscriminately targeting innocent people going about an ordinary Saturday doing their shopping.”
A nine-month-old baby was among those taken to hospital with wounds. Police sources said the baby’s mother was the sixth victim of the attack, and died in hospital after being stabbed.
