In this image made from video provided by AUBC, first responders gather near the scene of a stabbing at a shopping center in Sydney, Australia, Saturday, April 13, 2024. Media reports say multiple people have been stabbed and that the police shot at least one person at a Sydney shopping center. (AUBC via AP)/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Multiple people stabbed and 1 person shot at a Sydney shopping center, media say

· National Post

SYDNEY (AP) — Multiple people were stabbed Saturday, and police shot someone, at a busy Sydney shopping center, media reports said.

ABC TV in Australia reported Saturday that police evacuated shoppers at Westfield Shopping Centre in Bondi Junction, which is in the city’s eastern suburbs. A New South Wales ambulance spokesperson said that one of two alleged offenders had been shot by police and they were searching for the other, ABC reported. The spokesperson said people were still inside the shopping center.