Police say they wounded 4 people in Sydney mall shooting
SYDNEY — Police officers opened fire on a man armed with a knife in a Sydney shopping mall on Thursday and injured four people, police said.
Police were called to the mall in the northern suburb of Hornsby around noon following reports that a man was armed with a knife, a police statement said.
“Following a confrontation, a number of shots were fired by police,” the statement said.
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“As a consequence, four people have sustained various injuries and have been taken to hospital,” it said.
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Police said they did not know what caused the confrontation and declined to reveal further details or say whether the incident was terrorism-related.
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