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On 13 April 2024, a mass stabbing took place at [[Westfield Bondi Junction]] shopping centre, in [[Sydney, Australia]], leaving seven people dead including the suspected perpetrator, two other people were injured, which included a nine month old baby. The suspected attacker was shot dead by |
On 13 April 2024, a mass stabbing took place at [[Westfield Bondi Junction]] shopping centre, in [[Sydney, Australia]], leaving seven people dead including the suspected perpetrator, two other people were injured, which included a nine month old baby. The suspected attacker was shot dead by police. |
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Revision as of 10:45, 13 April 2024
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| Location | Bondi Junction, New South Wales, Australia |
| Date | 13 April 2024 shortly before 4 pm (AEST) |
Attack type | Mass stabbing |
| Weapons | Knife |
| Deaths | 7 (including perpetrator) |
| Injured | 2 |
On 13 April 2024, a mass stabbing took place at Westfield Bondi Junction shopping centre, in Sydney, Australia, leaving seven people dead including the suspected perpetrator, two other people were injured, which included a nine month old baby. The suspected attacker was shot dead by police.
Attack
The perpetrator was first seen inside Westfield Bondi Junction at around 3 pm AEST. He allegedly left the centre before returning 20 minutes later with a knife.[1]
Police officers from the New South Wales Police Force were called shortly before 4 pm AEST, following reports of multiple people being stabbed.[2][1]
An alleged male assailant, who was described as carrying a large knife and wearing shorts and a sports jersey, was shot and killed by a lone, female police officer.[3]
Aftermath
At 6:15 pm AEST, a NSW Police press conference initially confirmed five victims had been killed along with the perpetrator, while others remained critically injured. At least eight people were hospitalised, including a nine-month-old girl and her mother,[3] the latter of which later died in hospital,[4] raising the death toll to seven.[5]
Preliminary enquiries suggested the person had acted alone, and there was no continuing threat.[6] The attacker was not known to police and the motive remains unknown.[7]
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said that he had been briefed on the attack and expressed sympathies with those affected by the attack as well as first responders.[8]
References
- ^ a b "Five people killed in stabbing attack at Sydney's Westfield Bondi Junction, alleged offender shot dead". ABC News. 13 April 2024. Archived from the original on 13 April 2024. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
- ^ "Multiple people killed in Bondi Junction stabbing attack". Sydney Morning Herald. 13 April 2024. Archived from the original on 13 April 2024. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
- ^ a b "Five dead, multiple injured after knife attack on Sydney shopping centre". Al Jazeera. 13 April 2024. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
- ^ "Bondi Junction stabbing, shooting live updates". Sydney Morning Herald.
- ^ Lyons, Kate; Visontay, Elias (13 April 2024). "Sydney stabbing live updates: Westfield Bondi Junction attack leaves seven dead, including attacker shot by police, and multiple people in critical condition". The Guardian.
- ^ "Live: Westfield Bondi Junction evacuated amid reports of multiple stabbings and shots fired". ABC News. 13 April 2024. Archived from the original on 13 April 2024. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
- ^ "Man kills five in stabbing attack at mall in Sydney's Bondi Junction". The Washington Post. 13 April 2024.
- ^ "'It was insanity' - Eyewitnesses describe Sydney mall horror". BBC News. 13 April 2024.
