Police see no signs of terrorism in murder of six people in Sydney

Australian State Police New South Wales sees no evidence that the stabbing murder this Saturday of at least six people in a shopping center in Sidney It was a terrorist act, since the attacker, killed by an agent, did not appear to act for ideological or religious reasons.

Karen Webbpolice commissioner New Wales do Sul, indicated at a press conference that investigators have no evidence that the killer acted motivated by “an idea” “It is not a terrorist incident.”

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“The investigation – he added – will be ongoing for many days, but there are elements that do not indicate this at the moment.”, he added about the possibility that it was a terrorist act.

Webb explained that the attacker, a 40-year-old man whose identification has not yet been completed, stabbed several people in the Westfield Bondi Junction shopping center and caused the immediate death of four women and one man.

Another stabbed woman died hours later in hospitalwhile eight other people are hospitalized in city hospitals, including a nine-month-old baby who He underwent emergency surgery.

“We believe this person acted alone and there are no threats against the community at this time.” he added Webbwhich highlighted that there is nothing to suggest that the killer planned to act against a specific person.

According to a police report, the attacker entered the popular shopping mall Westfield Bondi Junction at 3:10 pm local time (5:10 am GMT), left shortly afterwards and returned around ten minutes later when it attacked “about nine people.”

After receiving the warning call, a police inspector went to the location, where she confronted the attacker, who turned to her with a knife in his hand, so the officer “he fired a firearm” against him.

The agent performed maneuvers suspect resuscitation while health personnel arrived, who were unable to revive him.

Source: Elcomercio

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