A man stabbed six people to death at a busy Sydney shopping center Saturday before he was fatally shot, police said, with hundreds fleeing the chaotic scene, many weeping as they carried their children. Eight people, including a 9-month-old, were injured.

New South Wales police said they believed a 40-year-old man was responsible for the Saturday afternoon attack at the Westfield Shopping Centre in Bondi Junction, in the city’s eastern suburbs and not far from the world-famous Bondi Beach. They said they were not able to name him until a formal identification had taken place but that they weren’t treating the attack as terrorism-related.

The man was shot dead by a police inspector after he turned and raised a knife, New South Wales Assistant Police Commissioner Anthony Cooke told reporters.

  • @kromem
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    922 months ago

    There needed to be more good guys with a knife.

    • @Oaksey
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      672 months ago

      Well thankfully he didn’t have easy access to a gun

      • @Potatos_are_not_friends
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        262 months ago

        That’s all I think about whenever I hear about a sick fucko intent on killing.

        With a gun, the numbers would be significantly higher.

        • @[email protected]
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          62 months ago

          I agree with all points, but isn’t the officer who stopped it from continuing the ‘good guy with a gun’ here?

          It’s almost like it’s possible to have good guys with guns without letting every single person get guns by default.

            • @[email protected]
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              2 months ago

              “The government has been captured by capitalists and does their bidding.”
              “Only the government should have guns.”

              This has always fascinated me.

          • @MalachaiConstant
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            32 months ago

            I disagree with the idea that cops should be considered good or bad. They are state force applied. A cop can be a good person, but I think the whole point of the uniform is to remove the person from the position

    • @Etterra
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      132 months ago

      They’re all in England.

    • @Daft_ish
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      72 months ago

      Where you at croc d?