Police profile attacker who fatally stabbed six people
Detectives are investigating the life, background and associates of a man who killed six people during a stabbing attack at a busy Sydney shopping centre.
The 40-year-old was shot dead by a senior police officer inside Westfield Bondi Junction on Saturday afternoon, after setting upon several people inside the complex with a knife and triggering an evacuation.
Six people were killed, including four women and one man who died inside the centre, and another woman who died in hospital.
Eight injured people, including a nine-month-old baby who has since undergone surgery, remain in Sydney hospitals after being rushed there by ambulance.
Acting Premier Penny Sharpe told ABC Radio Sydney three other people presented to hospital for injuries overnight.
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Many shoppers sheltered in locked stores while scores of others ran to the closest exit of the shopping centre, one of the biggest in Sydney.
Witnesses have described panic and confusion inside the centre as the seriousness of the situation became clear.
Late last night, NSW Police Commissioner Karen Webb revealed that although the formal identification process has not been completed, police believe they know who the attacker is.
“We know a little bit about this person,” she said.
“If it is the person we believe it is, we don’t have fears for the person holding an ideation — in other words, that it’s not a terrorism incident.”
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