young child. a little earlier we saw these pictures from inside the shopping centre which seemed to show the attacker on black on the and a work out or somebody inside in white, briefly with a ballard it seems trying to block the path of that attacker. in the last 30 minutes or so, we had our second update from police. let s have a look now at what we know so far. emergency services arrived at around 340 54 3:45 emergency services arrived at around 340 54 3:45 piano time. local time. at least six people have been killed by a man with a knife, five women & one man. eight people are in hospital, being treated for various injuries, including a nine month old baby. the attacker has been shot dead, and police say he was a 40 year old man known to police. police say it s too early to make an assessment on what could have been the attacker s motivation. he was shot dead by a female police officer who was in the area at the time the prime minister anthony albanese praising
of alert and ordered all schools to be closed on sunday. the military has also announced new restrictions on civilian gatherings the move comes hours after iranian special forces seized a container ship linked to israel in the straits of hormuz. the white house has demanded the immediate release of the ship and its crew, accusing iran s revolutionary guards of an act of piracy. our diplomatic correspondent, james landale, has the latest from jerusalem. an iranian special forces helicopter has been seen in footage that has been verified by the bbc, hovering over the deck of the ship. you can see one person on the deck, two people climbing down the rope, and iranian state media have been very clear and vocal about attributing that to iranian revolutionary guard naval special forces. in response, israel s foreign minister has accused iran of an act of piracy, and the military spokesman daniel hagar here in israel has said iran will bear the consequences for this escalation. wh
it happened just a few minutes drive from bondi beach. panicked shoppers inside the westfield centre fled the attacker s path, before he was shot dead by police. officers said he was known to the authorities and the attack was likely not a terrorism incident . katy watson reports now from the scene. shouting fear and panic in bondi. chaos in one of sydney s busiest shopping centres. police were called after reports of multiple stabbings, and this is the scene they were met with. the attacker entered the shopping centre just after three in the afternoon, maiming people in his path. outside, shoppers ran for their lives out of the mall. there was relief and terror. everyone move back! i was hiding in the back room just hearing gunshots. it wasjust like the worst thing ever. we saw these people running towards us, and then we heard a shot. my husband dragged us into a shop and the lady locked the doors. he just came in and started floating towards us. - all i heard was, pu
and in hospital. it happened just a few minutes drive from bondi beach. panicked shoppers inside the westfield centre fled the attacker s path, before he was shot dead by police. officers said he was known to the authorities, and the attack was likely not a terrorism incident . katy watson reports now from the scene. shouting. fear and panic in bondi. chaos in one of sydney s busiest shopping centres. police were called after reports of multiple stabbings, and this is the scene they were met with. the attacker entered the shopping centre just after three in the afternoon, maiming people in his path. outside, shoppers ran for their lives out of the mall. there was relief and terror. everyone move back! i was hiding in the back room just hearing gunshots. it wasjust like the worst thing ever. we saw these people running towards us, and then we heard a shot. my husband dragged us into a shop and the lady locked the doors. he just came in and started floating towards us. - al