The Australian security forces have declared this Saturday an alert for a possible multiple stabbing in the Bondi Junction shopping center, in the east of the city of Sydney, and have confirmed that at least one individual has been shot several times.
“A critical incident has begun after an individual was shot several times,” the Police of the Australian state of New South Wales, of which Sydney is the capital, said on their X social network account.
“Investigations into this incident are ongoing and there are no further details at this time,” authorities conclude.
However, police sources have told the ‘Sydney Morning Herald’ that the incident has so far left four dead and that “many more people” have been injured and are in critical condition, but there is still no public confirmation at the time. regard.
The same sources indicate that the police have shot an individual considered a suspect, without it being known for now whether he is alive or dead, and are trying to gather information about a possible second attacker.
The security forces do not rule out that it is a terrorist attack, according to ‘Herald’ sources.
