As panicked shoppers ran away and Westfield Bondi Junction’s alarm sounded, a lone female police officer ran towards the man armed with a knife.
As panicked shoppers fled Westfield Bondi Junction and an alarm sounded, a lone female police officer ran towards the man armed with a knife who had engaged in a stabbing spree.
An image circulated on social media showed the police inspector attending to the attacker after shooting him. The officer had no choice but to shoot, he said. “She had to shoot him because he just kept coming. He had a knife and he wasn’t going to stop.The Daily TelegraphThe officer is a high-ranking inspector at the local police district, the Eastern Suburbs Police Area Command, who has been in the job for more than a decade. NSW Police Commissioner Karen Webb said the officer “showed enormous courage and bravery”.
“She showed enormous courage and bravery. She will need to be interviewed formally. We just talked about she’s OK, her family is OK. She will be interviewed tomorrow,” Webb said on Saturday night.
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