The knife attack that occurred in a shopping center in Sydney, Australia, this Saturday, April 13, left at least five people dead. The attacker was reportedly shot dead by Australian police.
Emergency services announced that five people were stabbed to death in a shopping center in Sydney, in Australia, this Saturday April 13. Eight other people are currently hospitalized, including a child. The stabbing occurred at Bondi Junction Westfield, specifies the Australian media Sydney Morning Herald.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese sent his condolences. “The first thoughts of all Australians are with those affected and their loved ones,” he wrote on social network X.
The terrorist trail is not ruled out
According to the New South Wales state ambulance service, dispatched to the scene, a man was shot dead by the police and it was probably the assailant, reports BFMTV.
The motives for the attack are still unknown and the “terrorist” trail has not been ruled out by the Australian authorities, who are calling for people to avoid the area.
Hundreds of people had to be evacuated from the shopping center after the incident. Witnesses described scenes of panic, details Le Figaro. Surveillance camera videos were broadcast by local media, showing a man running through the mall armed with a large knife, injured bodies lying on the ground and officers helping them.