A man kills at least five people by stabbing them in a Sydney shopping centre

Australian police have confirmed at least seven deaths and an unspecified number of injuries, some in critical condition, as a result of a multiple stabbing that took place this Saturday at Bondi Junction shopping center, eastern Sydney, and which also resulted in the death of the alleged attacker after he was shot multiple times by a police officer present on the scene.

The incident started shortly before 4:00 PM (8:00 AM in the Basque Country) when a person armed with a knife entered the shopping center and attacked people, causing the building to be immediately evacuated.

According to the initial police investigation, the person first entered the mall around 3:10 p.m. He left the building and returned ten minutes later, already with a knife in his hand. According to Deputy Police Commissioner Anthony Cooke, at some point the person started doing that stabbing “about nine people”. and climbed floor by floor until a police officer demanded he stop on the fifth floor of the mall. The subject turned toward her, knife raised, but was struck by the officer’s shots.

The country’s Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, has already appeared before the media to condemn this “horrible” incident and assure the population that, according to the information he has received, the individual has acted contrary to the situation. only.

After his emergency meeting with the Prime Minister, Australian Federal Police Commissioner Reece Kershaw, has declined to speculate on the reasons for the attack because “it’s too early to tell” and “at this point speculation doesn’t contribute anything.”