Police have evacuated patrons of the Westfield shopping center in the center of Sydney, where an attack with a cold weapon was carried out, the Associated Press reported, citing information from local media. Reuters reports that the evacuees numbered in the hundreds. The information is from BTA.
According to the "Sydney Morning Herald" reported that four people died in the melee attack. NSW police said only that an operation was underway.
The newspaper reports that one person was also shot, but it is not clear if he died.
Video from the scene shows many ambulances and police cars, as well as crowds of people. The injured received medical attention on the spot.
Roy Huberman, an eyewitness to what happened, told ABC that he took shelter in a store and saw people leaving the shopping center with tears in their eyes.