'I thought I was going to die': Tearful shoppers tell how they fled Sydney knifeman who killed six 含むing five women - and 賞賛する hero who helped save 負傷させるd baby whose mother died in hospital

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Tearful shoppers have told how they fled a Sydney knifeman who killed six people and stabbed three others in a horrific shopping centre rampage on the start of the Australian school holidays today.

Four women and one man died at the scene and another woman died in hospital. Other 犠牲者s 批判的に 負傷させるd in the attack at Bondi Junction Westfield 商店街 at around 3.30pm 地元の time 含むd a mother and her nine-month-old baby.

The Sydney knifeman was a 40-year-old and his attack is not thought to be terror-関係のある, New South むちの跡s Police Commissioner Karen Webb said.?

The 攻撃者 was in the 商店街 at 3pm but left and returned at 3.20pm with a knife. He attacked the mother and child at 3.30pm before police arrived at 3.45pm and the 商店街 was placed under lockdown at 4pm.?

Shoppers 賞賛するd the heroic 女性（の） police 視察官 who 直面するd the knifeman and 発射 him dead when he 肺d at her at the 商店街 in the city's eastern 郊外s.

Others told how a 勇敢に立ち向かう member of the public helped save the 負傷させるd baby whose mother is now fighting for her life.

The knifeman was 報道によれば 発射 dead by a 女性（の） police 視察官

The two brothers used 着せる／賦与するing and shirts from a shop to try and stop the baby's bleeding

The 攻撃者 was seen running in the 商店街 with a knife in his 手渡す

A tearful 証言，証人／目撃する told Sky News: 'I thought I was going to die. Who does that to people??

'I saw a woman lying on the 床に打ち倒す.?I didn't see [the 攻撃者] 適切に, I was running. It was insane.'

一方／合間, the hero who 急ぐd to help a mother and nine-month-old baby after they were stabbed by a knifeman at Westfield Bondi Junction told how he 猛烈に worked to keep the 幼児 alive using 蓄える／店 着せる／賦与するs.?

A 証言，証人／目撃する interrupted a Nine News reporter 成し遂げるing a live cross in Bondi Junction and pointed to his brother, 説: 'He's a hero - he saved the baby'.?

The 明確に shaken hero said he used 着せる／賦与するs from a 蓄える／店 to try and 茎・取り除く the baby's bleeding.

'The baby got stabbed and the mum got stabbed,' he said.

'The mum （機の）カム over with the baby and threw it at me.?

'I just helped by 持つ／拘留するing the baby... and trying to compress the baby.'

The brothers stayed with the mother and called 緊急 services.??

He was later seen walking up an escalator with a knife in his 手渡す

Shoppers run though Bondi Junction as police lock 負かす／撃墜する the centre に引き続いて 報告（する）／憶測s of a major 出来事/事件

The 攻撃者 was in the 商店街 at 3pm but left and returned at 3.20pm with a knife. He attacked the mother and child at 3.30pm before police arrived at 3.45pm and the 商店街 was placed under lockdown at 4pm

'(It was) very bad... a lot of the 血 on the 床に打ち倒す... hope the baby's alright,' the other brother said.

The 負傷させるd mum had 血 coming out of her mouth, he said.?

It is understood the baby underwent 外科.?

証言，証人／目撃するs said the dark-haired man, wearing a Kangaroos?NRL?jersey, 削除するd at least eight shoppers before he was 発射 by a 女性（の） police officer. No-one else is 存在 sought by police.

Another 証言，証人／目撃する, a 労働者 at the shopping centre, 解任するd seeing a mother 叫び声をあげるing on the level above.

'I see a mother and maybe her partner with a baby in a pram,' she told Nine News.

'She's 叫び声をあげるing really, really loudly. She's running 支援する and 前へ／外へ not knowing what to do.

'Then she comes 支援する to the pram and 選ぶs up her baby and there's just 血 all over her 支援する.

'The 叫び声をあげる was unforgettable, it was the scariest thing I've ever seen.

'My co-労働者 took me, we locked all the doors, had to turn off all the lights and doors'.?

The?Bondi Junction Westfield 商店街, which was packed with shoppers, went into lockdown just before 4pm 地元の time on Saturday.

The 動機 was not すぐに （疑いを）晴らす and police have not 支配するd out テロ行為.

Officers have not identified the 攻撃者 but believe he 行為／法令／行動するd alone. He was 発射 and?killed by a hero 女性（の） police officer, who apprehended the knifeman alone after 存在 on patrol nearby.

多重の other shoppers have been 負傷させるd in the attack and taken to hospitals across the city.

Bystanders said they had seen 多重の people outside the shopping centre with 血 on their 着せる／賦与するs.

Hundreds of people were 避難させるd from the shopping centre but some still remain inside, a NSW 救急車 spokesperson said.

The stabbing happened at Bondi Junction Westfield shopping centre, which went into lockdown just before 4pm on Saturday

多重の other shoppers have been 負傷させるd in the attack, it has been 報告（する）／憶測d

Paramedics have taken two people to hospital in 救急車s so far, while bystanders have seen 多重の people outside the shopping centre with 血 on their 着せる／賦与するs

Anthony Cooke, assistant commissioner of?New South むちの跡s Police, said: 'A man walked into Westfield at Bondi Junction, he left the centre very すぐに after and returned... as he moved through the centre he engaged with about nine people.

'It is （疑いを）晴らす that during that 約束／交戦 he 原因（となる）d 害（を与える） to those people, we believe by stabbing them with a 武器 he was carrying.

'Very 明確に a 範囲 of 報告（する）／憶測s were made on the 出来事/事件, police …に出席するd 敏速に - a 選び出す／独身 部隊 officer, 視察官 of police, was nearby, …に出席するd, [and] went into the centre directed by a 範囲 of people.

'She 直面するd the 違反者／犯罪者 who had moved, by this 行う／開催する／段階, to level five.

'As she continued to walk quickly behind to catch up with him he turned to 直面する her, raised a knife, she 発射する／解雇するd a firearm and that person is now 死んだ.'

He 追加するd:?'I'm advised that there are five 犠牲者s who are now 死んだ as a result of the 活動／戦闘s of this 違反者／犯罪者.

'There are more than several other people who have been 伝えるd to hospital - a number of those are in serious and or 批判的な 条件s at this 行う／開催する／段階 and I do not have その上の （警察などへの）密告，告訴（状） in relation to descriptions of those people.

'I know one of them is a small child.'

It was later 確認するd that si x people were killed by the knifeman.?

Mr Cooke said: 'I am content that there is no continuing 脅し; our police, as I said, have 開始するd 調査s into the 事柄 which will continue through the evening.

'I do not have 詳細（に述べる）s of 犠牲者s who have been killed by this individual, nor those who have been 伝えるd to hospital for 治療 - so I cannot 供給する you その上の （警察などへの）密告，告訴（状） into relation to them, only to say very 明確に our hearts go out to all of them, as they do (to) anyone touched by this 出来事/事件 this afternoon.

'I do not have （警察などへの）密告，告訴（状） in relation to the 違反者／犯罪者 - I do not know, at this 行う／開催する／段階, who he is, you would understand this is やめる raw.

'調査s are very new and we continue to make 試みる／企てるs to identify the 違反者／犯罪者 in this 事柄.

'That is it for the moment, ーに関して／ーの点でs of （警察などへの）密告，告訴（状） that I have for you.'

An 目撃者 述べるd the police officer 狙撃 the 攻撃者 to 明言する／公表する 放送者 ABC.

'If she did not shoot him, he would have kept going, he was on the rampage,' said the man, who did not give his 指名する. 'She went over and was giving him CPR. He had a nice big blade on him. He looked like he was on a 殺人，大当り spree.'

A 広報担当者 for New South むちの跡s 救急車 told a 圧力（をかける） 会議／協議会: 'すぐに after 3pm today, New South むちの跡s 救急車 received 多重の calls for persons stabbed within Westfield Bondi Junction.

'We've 答える／応じるd a total of 40 資源s to the scene who remain on scene still. That 含むd a total of four 医療の teams.

'New South むちの跡s 救急車 査定する／（税金などを）課すd and 輸送（する）d eight 患者s to さまざまな hospital 施設s across Sydney and 査定する／（税金などを）課すd a total of six 患者s who have been みなすd 死んだ on scene.'

Police have 非常線，警戒線d off the shopping centre in Sydney

Shoppers enjoying a day out today were 避難させるd from the 商店街

明言する／公表する bro adcaster ABC 報告（する）／憶測d some people remained 罠にかける inside. Two 証言，証人／目撃するs told Reuters they heard 発射s 解雇する／砲火／射撃d

One 証言，証人／目撃する said: 'Even 20 minutes after people were 急ぐd out of the 商店街, I saw SWAT teams of people 広範囲にわたる the surrounding streets'

People at the scene said there was panic, with shoppers running to safety and police trying to 安全な・保証する the area.?

Several people took 避難所 in a supermarket, where they remained for about an hour.

The sound of police サイレン／魅惑的なs and ヘリコプターs filled the 空気／公表する.

安全 camera （映画の）フィート数 broadcast by 地元の マスコミ showed a man running around the shopping centre with a large knife and 負傷させるd people lying on the 床に打ち倒す.

A tearful 証言，証人／目撃する told Sky News:'Who does that to people? I saw a woman lying on the 床に打ち倒す.

'I didn't see him 適切に, I was running. It was insane. I thought I was going to die.'?

Police and 救急車 staff 急ぐd to the scene earlier today

Specialist police officers with ライフル銃／探して盗むs were seen in the shopping centre

Masked an 武装した police officers also 急ぐd to the scene?

Anthony Cooke, assistant commissioner of New South むちの跡s Police, said: 'A man walked into Westfield at Bondi Junction, he left the centre very すぐに after and returned... as he moved through the centre he engaged with about nine people'

He 追加するd:?'It is （疑いを）晴らす that during that 約束／交戦 he 原因（となる）d 害（を与える） to those people, we believe by stabbing them with a 武器 he was carrying'

Mr Cooke said: 'Very 明確に a 範囲 of 報告（する）／憶測s were made on the 出来事/事件, police …に出席するd 敏速に - a 選び出す／独身 部隊 officer, 視察官 of police, was nearby, …に出席するd, [and] went into the centre directed by a 範囲 of people'

He said: 'She 直面するd the 違反者／犯罪者 who had moved, by this 行う／開催する／段階, to level five. 'As she continued to walk quickly behind to catch up with him he turned to 直面する her, raised a knife, she 発射する／解雇するd a firearm and that person is now 死んだ'

He 追加するd: 'I'm advised that there are five 犠牲者s who are now 死んだ as a result of the 活動／戦闘s of this 違反者／犯罪者.'?It was later 確認するd that six people were killed by the knifeman

A large police presence has remained at the scene of the 致命的な stabbing

Police ? 含むing the 戦術の 操作／手術s 部隊 ? and 救急車s have …に出席するd the scene, with people seen 叫び声をあげるing and crying out the 前線 of the コンビナート／複合体

Pictures and ビデオs from the 出来事/事件 have been uploaded on X 含むing one photo showing the 申し立てられた／疑わしい 攻撃者 casually riding an escalator while 持つ／拘留するing a large knife

A young 証言，証人／目撃する 現在／一般に locked inside a 蓄える／店 - said she has heard 射撃s and '血-curdling' 叫び声をあげるs

Earlier panicked people were seen running across the 歩行者 橋（渡しをする） outside the centre in ビデオ 地位，任命するd to social マスコミ

Police ? 含むing the 戦術の 操作／手術s 部隊 ? and 救急車s have …に出席するd the scene, with people seen 叫び声をあげるing and crying out the 前線 of the コンビナート／複合体.

Pictures and ビデオs from the 出来事/事件 have been uploaded on X 含むing one photo showing the 申し立てられた／疑わしい 攻撃者 casually riding an escalator while 持つ／拘留するing a large knife.

A young 証言，証人／目撃する 現在／一般に locked inside a 蓄える／店 - said she has heard 射撃s and '血-curdling' 叫び声をあげるs.

'We are 絶対 terrified,' she said.

Earlier panicked people were seen running across the 歩行者 橋（渡しをする） outside the centre in ビデオ 地位，任命するd to social マスコミ.

Others said they were 存在 避難させるd from the centre's car park.?

Police are …に出席するing the scene in numbers and Australian 連邦の Police are liaising with NSW 公式の／役人s in 事例／患者?the 共同の 反対する テロ行為 team is needed.

当局 are 調査／捜査するing possible 動機s for the attack and have 警告するd people not to jump to 結論s.?

（映画の）フィート数 of the 出来事/事件 showed the 攻撃者 running after large （人が）群がるs of people as others watched on from the 床に打ち倒す above.?

As the 攻撃者 の近くにs in one hero dad turns around to stop the man's and 保護する his wife and two children.

Another ビデオ 逮捕（する）d one man 武装した with a small metal 政治家 trying to fend off the 攻撃者.

The shopper was standing at the 最高の，を越す of an escalator 脅すing to throw the 政治家 at the 攻撃者 who was on his way up as the two held their ground.?

Eastern 郊外s 地元の Ted Helliar 地位，任命するd to X:?'Something just went 負かす／撃墜する at Westfields Bondi junction.'?

'We were up there and all of a sudden all these people running に向かって us. Next thing dozens and dozens of people all running a 叫び声をあげるing some bloke yells 'someone is stabbing everyone get out of here'.'

Another person whose friend had a daughter in the コンビナート／複合体 at the time of the 申し立てられた／疑わしい stabbing 株d screenshots of her messages online.

'We just heard 射撃s,' the daughter texted.

'Get to cover,' her parent replied.

'Please, please be 安全な.'?

Westfield Bondi Junction is in lockdown after the 出来事/事件 on Saturday afternoon

Shoppers 罠にかける inside the コンビナート／複合体 were 猛烈に messaging their loved ones to let them know they were alright

Another X 使用者 said hundreds of shoppers were hiding in the 支援する of the David Jones department 蓄える／店, which had pulled 負かす／撃墜する its shutters with 報告（する）／憶測s a man had been seen running with a gun in the centre.

A police spokesperson told Daily Mail Australia on Saturday afternoon that a major police 操作／手術 is under way and officers were 集会 詳細（に述べる）s at the scene.

明言する／公表する 放送者 ABC 報告（する）／憶測d some people remained 罠にかける inside. Two 証言，証人／目撃するs told Reuters they heard 発射s 解雇する／砲火／射撃d.

証言，証人／目撃する Roi Huberman, an ABC sound engineer, told the 網状組織 that he 避難所d in a 蓄える／店 during the 出来事/事件.

People at the scene said there was panic, with shoppers running to safety and police trying to 安全な・保証する the area

Several people took 避難所 in a supermarket, where they remained for about an hour. The sound of police サイレン／魅惑的なs and ヘリコプターs filled the 空気／公表する

明言する／公表する 放送者 ABC 報告（する）／憶測d some people remained 罠にかける inside. Two 証言，証人／目撃するs told Reuters they heard 発射s 解雇する／砲火／射撃d

証言，証人／目撃する Roi Huberman, an ABC sound engineer, told the 網状組織 that he 避難所d in a 蓄える／店 during the 出来事/事件

'And suddenly we heard a 発射 or maybe two 発射s and we didn't know what to do,' he said.?

'Then the very 有能な person in the 蓄える／店 took us to the 支援する where it can be locked.?

'She then locked the 蓄える／店 and then she then let us through the 支援する and now we are out.'

One 証言，証人／目撃する said: 'Even 20 minutes after people were 急ぐd out of the 商店街, I saw SWAT teams of people 広範囲にわたる the surrounding streets.'

Another said they saw a woman lying on the ground and took 避難所 in a jewellery 蓄える／店.

SWAT teams with ライフル銃／探して盗むs were seen …を伴ってing police after the attack

Another 証言，証人／目撃する said they saw a woman lying on the ground and took 避難所 in a jewellery 蓄える／店

Several 地位，任命するs on social マスコミ showed （人が）群がるs 逃げるing the 商店街 and police cars and 緊急 services 急ぐing to the area.?

Australian 総理大臣 Anthony Albanese 地位，任命するd on X just after 6pm on Saturday に引き続いて the stabbing attack.

'I have been 簡潔な／要約するd by the AFP on the 破滅的な events at Bondi Junction. Tragically, 多重の 死傷者s have been 報告（する）／憶測d and the first thoughts of all Australians are with those 影響する／感情d and their loved ones,' he said.

'Our hearts go out to those 負傷させるd and we 申し込む／申し出 our thanks to those caring for them 同様に as our 勇敢に立ち向かう police and first responders.'

首相 of New South むちの跡s, Chris Minns, said he is is making '即座の 手はず／準備' to return to Sydney に引き続いて the shopping centre stabbings.

He said in a 声明 on X, 以前は Twitter: 'I am horrified to hear about the events at Bondi Junction this afternoon.

'I am making 即座の 手はず／準備 to return to Sydney.

'I want to thank NSW Police, 緊急 services and first responders and the community for their bravery in the 直面する of this shocking 出来事/事件.'