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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    7 months ago

    Yes bullets don’t stop after 20 feet… what’s your point? The spray into a crowd that size and that packed together, it’s surprising more weren’t killed.

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      7 months ago

      The point is, when your target is a crowd of people, automatic fire is not as ineffective as you make it out to be.

      Like at a music festival… or in a mall.

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            7 months ago

            Again, the ratio of injuries vs deaths is way higher than when someone with a semi automatic has walked around and shot people. I don’t understand why that’s hard to understand.

            Hell look at this gang shooting that just happened

            https://lemmy.world/post/14304481

            1 dead 8 injured in a drive-by. %100 a Glock with a giggle switch used.