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The attacker who mortally wounded six people V shopping mall was shot dead by police on Saturday in Bondicoastal suburb of the city Sydneyand hundreds of people fled

Sydney |  The attacker who killed six people in a shopping center is killed

The attacker who mortally wounded six people V shopping mall was shot dead by police on Saturday in Bondicoastal suburb of the city Sydneyand hundreds of people fled the scene.

An assailant was killed by a police officer after attacking shoppers at a busy shopping centre. Westfield Bondi JunctionThe police report this.

Five of the six deaths were women and eight more people, including child nine months, were transferred to hospital with stab wounds, the police commissioner said at a press conference. New South Wales PoliceKaren Webb.

At the moment the police he doesn’t believe that the attack is related terrorismWebb added.

First Minister Anthony Albanesesaid there is still no indication of the man’s motive.

“This was a terrible act of violence, indiscriminately directed against innocent people who were shopping on any given Saturday,” he said at a press conference.

Australia has some of the strictest gun and knife laws in the world, and attacks like Saturday’s unusual.

Emergency services responded to the shopping center shortly before 4pm local time after receiving reports of a stabbing, police said.

Ayush Singh, 25, was working at a cafe in the shopping center when he saw the attack and heard police shots.

“I saw a guy with a knife run and chase people. As he passed me I heard two or three shots and that was neutralized“He told the news agency Reuters.

People around me were terrified. There were several older women there who I helped to safety in the cafeteria.”

(Reuters)

Source: Aristegui Noticias

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