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.

      • Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world
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        8 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.

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          8 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.

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              7 months ago

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

              This has always fascinated me.

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            7 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