Police rushed to the scene about 3.45pm today. Eight people have been taken to hospital, five people have been confirmed killed and a another man has been shot dead by police. Officers say a single attacker is involved.
Video obtained by 9News appears to show a man wearing a rugby league jersey holding a knife as shoppers flee.
More footage shows a bystander confronting the man by holding what appears to be a shopping centre bollard in front of him at the top of the escalator.
He is seen to be talking with the man in the jersey who has a knife in his hand.
The armed man appears to be walking halfway up the stationary escalator before the video ends.
Other witnesses have reported seeing an attempted citizen’s arrest after the attack.
An all-hands call-out was made by emergency services, who attended the scene quickly to takeover from shoppers.
Witnesses reported seeing an officer draw her gun on the man.
Two brothers have described how they helped a mother and her baby, both of whom had been stabbed.”The baby got stabbed,” one of the men told 9News.
“The mum got stabbed and the mum came over with the baby and threw it at me and (I) was holding the baby.”
The man said he believed the baby would survive its injuries.
The husband of one of the injured told 9News he was relieved to see his wife at St Vincent’s Hospital.
- Multiple people have been stabbed at Westfield shopping centre at Bondi Junction in Sydney’s eastern suburbs.
- NSW Police have declared a “critical incident’ and say they shot a man just before 4pm today.
- Video appears to show a man wearing a rugby league jersey holding a knife as shoppers flee.
- Mobile phone footage shows crowds within stairwells, with other shoppers saying they rushed to the car park.
- Multiple people have been rushed to hospitals around the city, with a baby and a mother among those reported to be injured.
- NSW Police will give an update at 5.45pm.
