A knife-wielding man has been shot dead by police after stabbing seven people in a rampage in Western Australia's Pilbara region. 9News
None of the victims suffered life-threatening injuries but five were hospitalised with stab wounds, including two who remain in a serious but stable condition at Hedland Health Campus."I just walked out and he came running down and police were chasing him and he stabbed me on his way past," Ms Brooks told 9News."There was no one he was trying to target … he was attacking people at random," Mr Arani-Moa said.
Homicide detectives have flown to South Hedland via police aircraft and the professional standards division will also investigate. "Our information indicates our members acted to protect the community and themselves, and without their intervention this incident would be significantly more tragic for the Hedland community," he said.
" obviously a very sombre and sad event for Hedland, and for all of Western Australia," Mr McGowan said.
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