At least Five people were stabbed to death this Saturday in a shopping center Sydney in an attack in which several other people were injured and whose alleged perpetrator was shot dead by the Australian Policereported official sources and local media.

Waverley Council, the Sydney district where the incident occurred, indicated on the social network Emergency services went to popular Westfield Bondi Junction shopping center “after reports that several people were stabbed”. “People are urged to avoid the area,” she added.

Anthony Cooke, assistant commissioner of the New South Wales State Police, stated in statements reported by ABC state television that “Five people have died as a result of the criminal’s actions”. “Several other people have been taken to the hospital,” added the police officer, who stated that several of them are in serious condition. Cooke noted that the attacks had been carried out by a single individual, shot dead by the Police.

According to state television ‘ABC’, the New South Wales Ambulance service indicated that there were at least seven people stabbed, including a nine-month-old babyand have been transferred to the nearest hospitals.

No details about the criminals or their possible motivations have been released at this time.. According to Australian media, hundreds of people were evacuated from the shopping center after the attack, while images on social media showed people hastily leaving the scene as police vehicles and ambulances arrived.