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Five people killed in knife attack at Sydney shopping centre, several others critical (www.abc.net.au)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The condition of the victims hasn't been released yet. 7 people have been stabbed. The psycho who stabbed them has been shot and killed by police

Update: 5 people were killed

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

@sqgl There's a reason why they're being deliberately vague at this stage.

In a similar situation in 2016, one man (the attacker) was killed and four people were injured, after an attacker carried a knife around Westfield Hornsby: https://www.news.com.au/national/nsw-act/crime/police-shoot-and-kill-knifeman-at-westfield-hornsby/news-story/09e98074a9f0534020686a76ebee783c

After the official investigation, it turned out the four bystanders who were injured were accidentally struck by police bullets that ricocheted, rather than the attacker himself.

I'm definitely not saying that's the case this time, but they're likely to be vague until they can rule something like that out.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

The knife man survived in that article. A good outcome overall perhaps however I don't understand why cops didn't have their tasers drawn. Are they only for 95 year old women on walking frames in nursing homes?