'There was a lot of screaming': Suspected attacker shot dead after being confronted by police
www.abc.net.au
Police say the man was in the shopping centre at about 3pm on Saturday before leaving and returning 20 minutes later armed with a knife. He was then confronted by a police inspector.

Five people have been killed in a knife attack at Westfield Bondi Junction shopping centre in Sydney’s east on Saturday afternoon, NSW Police say.

Nine people, including a small child, were stabbed by a man in the centre and some are in a critical condition.

  • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldMEnglish
    272·
    7 months ago

    Australia (generally) got rid of guns because a single man killed 35 people and wounded 23 others, including several children over the course of a few hours.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Arthur_massacre_(Australia)

    And while this is absolutely tragic, I still think they made the right decision because someone like this killer could easily have killed as many as Martin Bryant if not more.

    Australia has had 13 mass killings since late 1990s, including this most recent tragedy, none of them at that scale. Compare that to the U.S., which had over 600 mass shootings in 2023 alone.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_massacres_in_Australia

    This is a tragedy, make no mistake, but thankfully, in Australia, they are rare.