#australia stabbing

[parttimereporter]

Lone wolf stabbing attack at shopping center in Australia

Six people have been killed and several others injured, including a child, in a mass stabbing at a busy shopping center in Sydney, Australian police said. Police were called to Westfield Bondi Junction on Saturday afternoon local time following reports of multiple people stabbed. Witnesses described scene of panic with some forced to hide in shops as the attack unfolded. Five people died at the scene and another died later from stab wounds at the hospital, a New South Wales police spokesperson confirmed to CNN. The suspect - who police said acted alone - was shot dead at the scene by a lone officer. New South Wales Police’s Assistant Commissioner Anthony Cooke said a senior police inspector was nearby when the attack unfolded.

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The 40-year-old suspect began stabbing people at the Westfield Shopping Centre in Bondi Junction, which is in the city’s eastern suburbs, before a police inspector shot him after he turned and raised a knife, New South Wales Assistant Police Commissioner Anthony Cooke told reporters.

Six of the victims — five women and a man — and the suspect died. Commissioner Karen Webb said the eight injured people were being treated at hospitals. The baby was in surgery, but it was too early to know the condition, she said.

“We are confident that there is no ongoing risk, and we are dealing with one person who is now deceased,” Webb said in a later briefing. She added: "It’s not a terrorism incident.”

She said police wouldn't identify the man yet and were still working to determine his motivation.

Cooke said a ”lengthy and precise" investigation was just beginning.

[girlactionfigure]

[aceoffangirls]

I can’t believe people are using the attack at Bondi Junction to spread antisemitism and Islamophobia.

People were being Islamophobic before a name was even realised and when for some stupid reasons a false persons name was realised then antisemitism came out.

This is not okay.

[leclercskiesahead]

“A wonderful sporting story about a really good kid”

[beatlesforsale]

What the fuck is happening in my city right now some lunatic just killed 5 people in a shopping centre and even stabbed a fucking baby. If this isn't a wake up call to the absolutely insanely underfunded mental health resources we have in this country I don't know what is.

[doctorwillseeyou]

There’s been a stabbing in Sydney at least 4 people are dead and a perpetrator shot dead. Aussies pride ourselves on living somewhere peaceful. Clearly that is no longer true.

[qupritsuvwix]

The perpetrator may have had fingers severed during attack by irate parishioners.

[brexiiton]

6 killed in Sydney mall stabbing; police say terror not ruled out as motive

By AFP 13 April 2024, 1:09pm

Emergency officers stand by with stretchers outside Westfield Shopping Centre where multiple people were stabbed in Sydney, April 13, 2024 (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)

SYDNEY - Six people were killed and several others injured - including a small child - when a knife-wielding attack rampage through a busy Sydney shopping centre on Saturday, Australian police said.

Multiple people were stabbed by the unidentified assailant, who was shot dead by a policewoman at the scene.

The incident occurred at the sprawling Westfield Bondi Junction mall complex, which was packed with Saturday afternoon shoppers.

"I'm advised that there are five victims who are now deceased as a result of the actions of this offender," said New South Wales police assistant commissioner Anthony Cooke. The death toll later rose to six.

The motive was not immediately clear, but Cooke said "terrorism" could not be ruled out at this stage.

[allthegeopolitics]

Police in Australia say they have shot dead a boy after he stabbed a man in the western city of Perth, in an attack authorities said had “hallmarks of terrorism”. There were signs the 16-year-old, armed with a kitchen knife, had been “radicalised online”, Western Australia province’s Premier Roger Cook told reporters on Sunday. The victim in his 30s was stabbed in the back on Saturday night in the parking lot of a hardware store in the city’s suburban Willetton area. Authorities said they received calls from concerned members of the local Muslim community before the attack. The man was stable in a hospital, authorities said.

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[magpie-sherlock]

y'all I need the world to stop being a dumpster fire for a minute

[aressida]

The lawsuit between Musk and the Australian government has been dropped.

https://www.news.com.au/technology/online/social/esafety-commissioner-drops-court-case-against-x-over-sydney-church-stabbing/news-story/f4559089adcab138401599b1fbd51f1c

[memenewsdotcom]

Sydney church stabbing

[nando161mando]

"Stab out the eyes of the state" (EN: English)

[fortjester]

due to last minute edits, i have discovered that my bre fic has actually surpassed my previously longest fic to date in terms of word count by abt 2k words. i can now say w full confidence that is easily the longest piece of narrative writing i've ever completed.

[vogelmeister]

yes its all cool and fun and games when an oc calls you out but have you considered oc being so unlike you in every possible aspect