Update from the police in the last 30 minutes, number of People Killed, thatis 30 minutes, number of People Killed, that is six People Killed, after a man stabbed multiple people in that Shopping Centre this afternoon at about 3 30pm. As well as the six people that are being killed, there are multiple people in hospital with different conditions. This is australia, we can see sydney there and this is a very busy, very popular Shopping Centre, Westfield BondiShopping Centre, everybody in sydney will know it and it was very busy at the time this happened. We can see pictures from this afternoon, this was four or five hours ago, these people being evacuated from the Shopping Centre. So many families there, as you can imagine, hundreds of people on different floors, different levels, we have been hearing different eyewitnesses talking us through what exactly they saw. 0ne father carrying his two kids under his arms said people around him had been split up from Family Members as everyone tried to get out, you can imagine the horror of not knowing where your Family Members are in that situation. Hundreds of people thankfully outcome evacuated safely. You can see here the very quick, extremely rapid armed response, plenty of those Police Officers are still at the scene. Interestingly, just a Single Police officer who responded straightaway. She was guided into the Shopping Centre by eyewitnesses who had seen and heard what was going on, on her own she approached the attacker with the knife and when the knife man lunged towards her, he was shot dead. So the attacker is dead and six others killed. Just a short time ago, we heard from the Prime Minister responding. Lets take a listen. For all of us tonight, the devastating scenes at Bondi Junction are beyond words or understanding. Australians will be shocked this evening. This was a horrific act of violence, indiscriminately targeted at innocent people going about an ordinary saturday doing their shopping. Tonight, the first thoughts of all australians are with the victims of these terrible acts and their loved ones. Our nation offers our deepest condolences and sympathies to all those who are grieving for someone they have lost. And we send our strength to those who have been injured. And all of us are thinking of the dedicated doctors, nurses and Health Care Workers who will be working through the night to save lives and to care for their fellow australians. Today, Bondi Junction was the scene of shocking violence, but it was also witness to the humanity and the heroism of our fellow australians, our brave police, Ourfirst Responders and of course everyday people who could never have imagined that they would face such a moment. And some of the footage is quite extraordinary. Staff for whom this should have been a normal shift. Shoppers peacefully going about their lives. And yet for these australians, their first instinct in the face of danger was to help someone else. That is what we hold on to tonight as australians. Thats confirmation of who we are brave, strong, together. The work of the New South Wales police and the Australian Federal police is ongoing. But what we can say for sure tonight is this to any australian affected by this tragedy, every australian is with you. Before i hand to commissioner kershaw, i can say that ive also spoken with the New South Wales acting premier tonight and the commonwealth stands ready to assist in every way possible. That was the update in the last hour also from Prime Minister. Live to the scene, the area still locked down, many hundreds who were evacuated from the Shopping Centre. A huge crime scene, understandably, and the media and press at the bottom of those pictures, and that red w, that is the sign for the westfield Shopping Centre and so many people cross that area of australia and will know it. Emma cropper is australia correspondent for newshub. It is starting to calm down here. The chaos and folded here this afternoon, people were fleeing from the mall, that has no countdown. There is still a major Police Presence here, the Police Command centre has come here because the mall is now a crime scene. It is the centre of a very large investigation. This afternoon, those doors you can see behind me, people were fleeing from it for their lives and you cannot help get a feeling of how terrifying it must have been in the mall, not knowing which way to Runaway Danger was. There were people in tears on the street trying to find loved ones or friends or Family Members who had been inside the mall. They had been reunited out on the street. This afternoon, you can still see a few people still around, many shoppers are trying to get back inside to pick up personal belongings, their cars in the car park, this is still very much lockdown here at Westfield Bondi. Lockdown still in place, we conceivably presence behind you and in our various live feeds coming into us. Could you walk is through the chronology of what we understand happened and when this afternoon. It wasjust an ordinary happened and when this afternoon. It was just an ordinary afternoon in sydney, people going about their days, at 3 30pm, saturday afternoon, this man walk inside the mall, police say he then walked back in 20 minutes later and started attacking people. Witnesses inside the mall say he was not targeting anyone specific, it was like he was attacking people at random. We had heard written witness accounts and have seen videos, one image stands out a man trying to fend off this man inside the mall with a pole to try and fend him off and protect people. We will hear more stories of this Act Of Heroism in the coming hours and days. Hours and days. That was a little earlier. With me is our News Reporter courtney bembridge. We have just heard from New South Wales police with an update, updating the number of fatalities, so now there are six fatalities plus the alleged attacker, who was also shot dead at the scene. This is the latest from the New South Wales police, saying six people were fatally stabbed, a is shot by police, it happened around 3 30pm and an officer attended was allegedly confronted by a man with a knife. The statement says, the man allegedly lunged at the officer before he was fatally shot and then the officer conducted cpr until medics arrived and then work on the man but he could not be revived. This is the latest information we have from police and we are expecting to hear from them in a little over 20 minutes time with an update. It hasjust little over 20 minutes time with an update. It has just gone 8pm there so they will be another update at 8 30pm local time. Earlier they did in initial Press Conference where they laid out some of the details and the death toll has now been updated since, metabolism. Lets have a listen. We can hear that shortly. We are just waiting to hear from the New South Wales police earlier in the day outlining what happened in this incident. 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He left the centre very shortly after and returned about 3 20. As he moved through the centre, he engaged with about nine people. It is clear that during that engagement he caused harm to those people. We believe by stabbing them with a weapon he was carrying. Very clearly, a range of reports were made of the incident, police attended promptly. A single unit officer inspector of police was nearby, attended, went into the centre directed by a range of people. She confronted the offender who had moved by this stage to level five, as she continued to walk quickly behind him to catch up with him, he turned, faced her, raised a knife, she discharged a firearm and that person is now deceased. Im advised that there are five victims. Who are now deceased as a result of the actions of this offender. There are more than several other people who have been conveyed to hospital. A number of those are in serious and or critical conditions at this stage, and i do not have further information in relation to descriptions of those people. I know one of them is a small child. As is the case in these incidents, a Critical Incident has been declared, and investigations in relation to the matter have commenced and are continuing both at the scene and a number of hospitals in the nearby area. From preliminary inquiries, it would appear that this person has acted alone. I am content that there is no continuing threat. Police, as ive said, have commenced investigations into the matter, which will continue through the evening. As i have said, i do not have details of victims who have been killed by this individual nor those who have been conveyed to hospital for treatment. So i cannot provide you further information in relation to them, only to say that very clearly our hearts go out to all of them, as they do to anyone touched by this terrible incident this afternoon. I do not have information in relation to the offender. I do not know at this stage who he is. You would understand this is quite raw. Enquiries are very new and we are continuing to make attempts to identify the offender in this matter. That was the most recent update from police on camera. As courtney our reporter still with us was reporting, and update unfortunately the number of People Killed from five to six. We are expecting the Police Press Conference soon and we have been hearing from those who were actually there. Lats have been hearing from those who were actually there. Were actually there. Lots of accounts were actually there. Lots of accounts coming were actually there. Lots of accounts coming intos were actually there. Lots of. Accounts coming intos here, were actually there. 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