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6 katao, patay at maraming sugatan sa naganap na pananaksak sa Bondi shopping centre sa Sydney

Binaril ng pulis ang isang lalaki matapos manaksak ng maraming tao na ikinamatay ng lima.

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Witnesses have described people fleeing from Westfield Bondi Junction en masse. Credit: Photo by DAVID GRAY/AFP via Getty Images

Patay matapos mabaril ng pulis ang isang lalaki matapos na saksakin nito ang ilang katao sa isang shopping centre ng Westfield sa Bondi Junction sa Sydney.

Kinumpirma ng pulis na anim na tao ang nasawi.

Isang major incident ang idineklara pagkatapos ng insidente nitong Sabado ng hapon, kung saan nagbigay ng lunas ang mga paramedic sa mga biktima ng pananaksak sa lugar.

Sinabi ng NSW Ambulance na siyam na sugatan ang dinala sa ospital kung saan kabilang ang isang siyam na buwang sanggol.

May ilang tao na nasa ospital na nasa seryoso o kritikal na kalagayan.

Patuloy ang imbestigasyon ng pulisya, ngunit sinabi ng mga awtoridad na wala ng umiiral na banta.
A woman rubs tears from her eyes as she pushes a pram, flanked by a police officer on one side and a man holding a small child in the other. Ambulance in the background.
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"From preliminary inquiries it would appear that this person has acted alone," sinabi ni NSW Police Assistant Commissioner Anthony Cooke sa media noong Sabado ng gabi, na patuloy pa rin ang imbestigasyon at sinusubukan ng pulis na matukoy ang salarin.

"I do not have information in relation to the offender. I do not know at this stage who he is."

Idinagdag ni Cooke na wala pang palatandaan ng anumang motibo.
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Families walk out of the Westfield Bondi Junction shopping mall after a stabbing incident in Sydney on 13 April, 2024. Source: Getty / David Gray

Mag-isang pulis

Pumasok ang salarin sa shopping centre bandang alas-3 ng hapon, lumabas sandali, at matapos ang sampung minuto ay bumalik at "may kinausap na siyam na tao".

Sinabi ni Cooke na isang solong babaeng pulis na malapit sa lugar ang rumesponde at "kaagad" pinuntahan ang insidente at nakaharap ang salarin.

Kwento pa ni Cooke na naglabas ng patalim ang lalaki bago nito pinaputukan na ikinamatay nito.

Nailigtas ang maraming buhay dahil sa aksyon ng nasabing pulis, dagdag nito.

"Our hearts go out to all of [the victims], as they do to anyone touched by this terrible incident," Cooke said, later adding that he had never seen anything like this incident.
A NSW Police officer pulls the peak of his cap down over his eyes as he walks away from emergency services personnel and an ambulance stretcher
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"Nagtakbuhan ang maraming tao"

Nasa pinangyarihan din ang SBS News presenter na si Ricardo Gonçalves ng panahon na iyon.

"We saw people scurrying and then I heard what sounded like gunshots very close by - if I was to guess, 20 metres away," kwento ni Gonçalves sa SBS News. "And then we just ran; we bolted with everyone else. There was this mass of people running... Hundreds. Everyone."

Natatanging naiisip lang ni Gonçalves sa panahon na yun: "Just get to safety."

Dagdag nitong humigit-kumulang 20 minuto bago iyon, narinig niya ang tila may isang away na may "maraming nagsisigawan ."

"It sounded like someone was getting hurt," wika nito.

Nagtago ang ilan sa mga tindahan

Si Domenico Gentile mula naman sa Italian program ng SBS Audio ay naroon din sa shopping centre noong oras na iyon.

"I was there when I heard these three shots, and I felt immediately the panic that followed and the shops closing down," sinabi nito sa SBS News. "After that we all took refuge wherever we could, because there was no direction. There was no police at the time. I went into a Harris Farm."

"We were evacuated and as soon as I got out, I immediately saw the massive presence of police, the ambulances and so on."

Ikinuwento ng ilang mga nakasaksi na nakapayanam ng media ang kabayanihang ginawa ng ilang manggagawa sa mga shop o tindahan na pinapasok ang ilang tao sa kanila at kinandado para sa kanilang kaligtasan.

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Published 13 April 2024 7:45pm
Updated 14 April 2024 9:35am
Source: SBS


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