Sydney knife attacker shot dead after killing 5 in Bondi

13/4/2024 17:42

        An attacker who fatally knifed five people in a Sydney mall was shot dead by police in Sydney's beachside suburb of Bondi on Saturday, police said, as hundreds fled the scene.
        
        The assailant was shot by a police officer after he engaged with nine people in the busy Westfield Bondi Junction shopping centre, police said.
        
        "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," New South Wales Police Assistant Commissioner Anthony Cooke told a press conference.
        
        Police have no indication of the man's motive, Cooke said.
        
        Australia has some of the world's toughest gun and knife laws, and attacks such as the one on Saturday are rare.
        
        Emergency services were called to the mall just before 4 p.m. after the stabbing reports, police said.