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Sydney mall attack: What we know so far about Bondi incident

People were led out from the Westfield Shopping Centre where multiple people were stabbed in Sydney on Saturday. Photo / AP
People were led out from the Westfield Shopping Centre where multiple people were stabbed in Sydney on Saturday. Photo / AP

Seven people are dead - including an attacker shot dead by a policewoman - and 12 more are in hospital with injuries after a mass stabbing at a busy Sydney shopping centre yesterday afternoon. Here is what we know so far about the incident.

The knifeman was wearing an old Kangaroos rugby league jersey.
The knifeman was wearing an old Kangaroos rugby league jersey.
A policewoman on her own ended a knifeman’s reign of terror inside a packed Westfield at Sydney’s Bondi Junction, shooting him dead after he raised his knife at her. Photo / News.com.au
A policewoman on her own ended a knifeman’s reign of terror inside a packed Westfield at Sydney’s Bondi Junction, shooting him dead after he raised his knife at her. Photo / News.com.au

Additional reporting by the NZ Herald.

One brave person was shown using an object - believed to be a bollard - to confront the knife-wielding attacker on an escalator inside the mall. Photo from video still, Trilli MCap
One brave person was shown using an object - believed to be a bollard - to confront the knife-wielding attacker on an escalator inside the mall. Photo from video still, Trilli MCap
People were led out from the Westfield Shopping Centre after the attack. Photo / AP
People were led out from the Westfield Shopping Centre after the attack. Photo / AP