At about 16 o'clock in the afternoon of April 13, an indiscriminate attack occurred at a shopping mall in Sydney, Australia, where two local residents rushed into the mall with knives and injured people.
According to witnesses at the scene, there were a lot of people in the mall at that time, and when the two men attacked, they did not have a certain target, and chased all the targets around them with knives, and the customers inside screamed and fled.
Because there were so many people, some women, children and the elderly who had difficulty moving did not have time to escape, and many were stabbed and slashed. Someone who escaped from the mall said they also heard gunshots.
One suspect was shot dead
The police who received the alarm quickly arrived and cordoned off the scene, but still caused a lot of damage. So far, six people have been killed (including a suspect who was shot dead by police) and eight people have been injured, including a nine-month-old baby.
According to a notice from a local police spokesperson, there were two suspects at the scene, one of whom had been killed, and the other fugitive was being pursued by the police.
Police are rescuing the injured
The motive of the attackers is not yet clear, and it is likely that the local population who did not live well was taking revenge on society. The two suspects did not carry firearms, and the knives alone caused such damage that many people questioned the security measures of the mall.
Survivors recount a scene of horror
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Although the two attackers caused so much harm, they are not sentenced to death under Australian law. Australia, Canada, Germany, Italy, France, Norway and other countries have abolished the death penalty.