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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.

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[–] xmunk 174 points 4 months ago (132 children)

It fucking sucks but thank fucking God they didn't have an automatic weapon.

[–] [email protected] 59 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I'm sorry that the two other people who replied to you are fucking dumb dumbs.

[–] xmunk 21 points 4 months ago (17 children)

There's a large American population on lemmy, I know it's a common view but thankfully it's the minority one.

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[–] [email protected] 92 points 4 months ago (3 children)

There needed to be more good guys with a knife.

[–] [email protected] 67 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 26 points 4 months ago (5 children)

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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[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 months ago (1 children)
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