Sydney stabbing: seven people dead, including attacker shot by police at Bondi Junction shopping centre

Six people have been killed and numerous others injured, including some in critical condition, after a man went on a stabbing spree at a Westfield shopping centre in the Sydney suburb of Bondi Junction. The attacker was shot dead after being chased by a lone police officer who was on duty on an unrelated matter.

The injured include a nine-month-old baby. The baby’s mother, killed by the attacker, has been widely named by Australian media as Ash Good, aged 38.

The New South Wales police commissioner, Karen Webb, said in a press conference on Saturday evening the attacker was a 40-year-old man but he was yet to be formally identified. Police did not believe his motive was related to terrorism, she said.