A man stabbed six people to death at a busy Sydney shopping center Saturday before he was fatally shot, police said, with hundreds fleeing the chaotic scene, many weeping as they carried their children. Eight people, including a 9-month-old, were injured.
New South Wales police said they believed a 40-year-old man was responsible for the Saturday afternoon attack at the Westfield Shopping Centre in Bondi Junction, in the city’s eastern suburbs and not far from the world-famous Bondi Beach. They said they were not able to name him until a formal identification had taken place but that they weren’t treating the attack as terrorism-related.
The man was shot dead by a police inspector after he turned and raised a knife, New South Wales Assistant Police Commissioner Anthony Cooke told reporters.
I haven’t been in a car accident, ever. That’s how rare that is, to me. That doesn’t mean I’m not careful around other drivers. You know?
Like, I’ve become aware that these things happen, on occasion, and that’s enough to make me slightly anxious.
It’s not like I’ve developed an irrational fear of leaving my home or anything… I’ve just become more aware and my senses are on high alert when I’m in a big crowd nowadays.