{"id":25841,"date":"2024-04-13T16:57:14","date_gmt":"2024-04-13T16:57:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/13\/stabbing-attack-in-sydney-kills-at-least-six-people\/"},"modified":"2024-04-13T16:57:14","modified_gmt":"2024-04-13T16:57:14","slug":"stabbing-attack-in-sydney-kills-at-least-six-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/13\/stabbing-attack-in-sydney-kills-at-least-six-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Stabbing Attack in Sydney Kills at Least Six People"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1050\" height=\"550\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2024\/04\/13\/multimedia\/13oz-mall-01-wftq\/13oz-mall-01-wftq-facebookJumbo.jpg?resize=1050,550&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Stabbing Attack in Sydney Kills at Least Six People\" title=\"Stabbing Attack in Sydney Kills at Least Six People\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">A man killed at least six people and injured at least two others during a stabbing rampage at a popular shopping mall in Sydney, Australia on Saturday afternoon, in one of the country\u2019s deadliest acts of mass violence in recent decades.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The authorities said a man wielding a knife entered the Westfield Bondi Junction shopping center and began stabbing people before a lone police officer shot and killed him. Five people died of their injuries at the scene and one died later in the hospital, the police said. Among those hospitalized, some in a critical condition, was a nine-month-old baby.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Police officials on Saturday did not formally identify the attacker, but said that they believed they knew who he was, and that he had acted alone. His motives were unclear, but they said that the victims did not appear to have been targeted. If their belief about the attacker\u2019s identity is confirmed, they said, the attack was not a \u201cterrorism incident.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The violence of the rampage, which took place on a weekend in a bustling area popular with families, children and beachgoers, stunned Australians. Mass shootings are rare in the country, which has <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2015\/12\/05\/world\/australia\/australia-gun-ban-shooting.html\" title=\"\">strict gun laws<\/a>, and Saturday\u2019s attack was <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/04\/13\/world\/australia\/mall-stabbings-mass-violence.html\" title=\"\">the worst act of mass violence since 2017<\/a>. In that incident, a driver in a drug-induced psychosis killed six people after deliberately plowing his car into pedestrians in Melbourne.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">For many shoppers, the commotion came first, before it was clear that there was danger. Some hid in backrooms fearing for their lives as alarms blared through the mall. Others ran, screaming, passing by the injured victims on the floor. Parents held their children\u2019s hands. <\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Gavin Lockhart, 37, said in a telephone call that he was sitting in a coffee shop at the mall when he suddenly saw people running. At first, he said, he thought it was a celebrity sighting. Then, he said, he began hearing, \u201cHe\u2019s got a knife! He\u2019s got a knife!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Michael Dunkley, 57, the owner of a coffee shop in the mall, said by telephone that when the screaming began, he had one thought in his mind: \u201cI have to get my wife and staff to safety.\u201d He led the group to a staff room before going out to find the attacker. <\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Dunkley said he witnessed a police officer apprehend the attacker on the fifth floor of the mall. He described the attacker as a thin man with a beard and short hair, wearing dark green pants and a green jersey. The officer told him to stop and put the knife down, he said, but<span class=\"css-8l6xbc evw5hdy0\">  <\/span>then lunged toward her with a knife. \u201cHe didn\u2019t say anything,\u201d Mr. Dunkley said. \u201cHe seemed determined.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The officer, a senior policewoman who had been in the vicinity, according to the authorities, then shot the attacker, Mr. Dunkley said, and administered CPR after he fell. The police said the man was fatally shot.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Footage of the attack, shared by local media, captured the knife-wielding man running toward shoppers and the crowd\u2019s screams. One person apparently tried to <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.9news.com.au\/national\/bondi-junction-stabbing-update-video-emerges-of-shopper-confronting-armed-man-with-bollard-at-bondi-westfield\/864dd519-a468-4d74-b7ba-01dcaaee29af\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">confront the attacker on an escalator<\/a>. <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.9news.com.au\/national\/bondi-junction-stabbing-update-witnesses-describe-helping-mother-and-baby-after-stabbing\/03a18081-16eb-4833-839e-c754b5dc98b4\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Other witnesses said<\/a> that they had used nearby clothing items to compress wounds on a mother and the nine-month-old baby who had been stabbed. <\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">One of those administering treatment to victims was Andrew Reid, 44, a lifeguard who was shopping for a bed when he heard that people had been stabbed. Many stores were in lockdown and people had been ordered to evacuate, he said by telephone. But after seeing people lying bleeding on the floor, Mr. Reid said, he used his lifeguard training to try help them. <\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">One had a wound in her back, he said, adding that they had used clothes from a clothing store to try stem the bleeding. He ran over to another woman who was lying unconscious nearby and had a deep wound on her chest, he said. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThere was a lot of blood around her,\u201d Mr. Reid said. \u201cI honestly don\u2019t think she made it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Many of those who were evacuated praised the response of the police.<span class=\"css-8l6xbc evw5hdy0\">  <\/span>Mr. Lockhart, who said he had seen the officer shoot the attacker, sounded dazed. \u201cThe one positive I\u2019m looking at is the police officer probably saved my life,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Prime Minister Anthony Albanese also praised the courage of the officer who confronted the attacker. \u201cThere\u2019s no doubt she saved lives through her actions,\u201d he said at a news conference on Saturday, calling her a \u201chero.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Australians, he said, would be shocked. \u201cThis was a horrific act of violence indiscriminately targeted at the innocent people going about an ordinary Saturday, doing their shopping.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Adding to the shock was that the rampage occurred at Bondi Junction, an area east of Sydney better known as a meeting ground for friends and families looking for a day of shopping, or passing through on their way to the beach. Shoppers on any given weekend wander through hundreds of stores at the sprawling mall. <\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The area is a transit hub for both residents and tourists visiting the sandy beaches of the Sydney\u2019s eastern suburbs. They include some of the city\u2019s most iconic stretches of coastline, such as Bondi Beach. <\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cIn this country, this stuff shouldn\u2019t happen,\u201d said Mr. Dunkley, the coffee shop owner. \u201cPeople come here because it\u2019s safe.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/04\/13\/world\/australia\/stabbing-attack-sydney.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A man killed at least six people and injured at least two others during a stabbing rampage at a popular shopping mall in Sydney, Australia on Saturday afternoon, in one of the country\u2019s deadliest acts of mass violence in recent decades. 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