Man stabs six people to death at shopping mall

• Eight other persons were also injured in the attack and are receiving treatment at a hospital

Six persons have lost their lives at a shopping mall in Australia after they were stabbed to death by an unknown male assailant.

The incident occurred on Saturday at a six-level shopping centre located at Bondi Junction Westfield in Sydney.

Eight other persons were also injured in the attack and are receiving treatment at a hospital.

Anthony Cooke, assistant commissioner of New South Wales police, made the disclosure at a press conference on Saturday.

According to Cooke, the attacker was shot dead by a female police officer.

“She confronted the offender who had moved by this stage to level five (of the shopping center) as she continued to walk quickly behind him to catch up with him. He turned, faced her, raised a knife,” Cooke said.

“She discharged a firearm and that person is now deceased.”

An infant is reportedly among those stabbed by the attacker.

The attacker was said to have been to the shopping mall earlier, left and then returned to commence the killings