A security guard wears a ‘stab-proof’ vest as he keeps watch in Bondi Junction Westfield Shopping Centre in Sydney on 19 April 2024, nearly a week after a stabbing incident at the mall. (Ayush Kumar/AFP)
SYDNEY – Four people including a police officer were injured in a stabbing attack in Sydney early on Sunday, police said, the latest in a series of knife assaults in Australia’s biggest city this year.
A man who ran from the scene has been taken into custody, police said in a statement. There is no ongoing threat to people in Sydney, said New South Wales state Police Minister Yasmin Catley.
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Police said they did not believe anyone was killed in the attack, which followed a crash in the southern suburb of Engadine.
Aerial footage of the scene by the Australian Broadcasting Corp showed two crashed cars cordoned off with police tape.
Sydney, a city of 5 million, has experienced a spate of knife attacks this year, prompting the New South Wales government to toughen its knife laws.
The state parliament passed laws in June giving police electronic metal-detecting scanners to check people without a warrant at shopping centres, sporting venues and public transport stations.
In April, six people were killed and 12 injured in a knife attack at a mall in Sydney’s Bondi area.
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