A female Sydney police officer has been hailed as a hero for shooting dead a knife-wielding maniac who stabbed several people and killed six people in a crowded shopping mall.
The officer, identified in local reports as Senior Inspector Amy Scott of the Eastern Suburbs Police Area Command, was arrested before the horrific attack at Sydney’s Westfield Bondi Junction shopping center on Saturday. Worked for over 10 years.
The New South Wales Police Commissioner said Ms Scott showed “tremendous courage and bravery” during the response to the attack that left six people dead, including a mother who desperately tried to protect her nine-month-old daughter. He said his daughter remained in critical condition after the surgery. scratch.
Deputy Commissioner Anthony Cook also praised Scott’s quick response. The Sydney Morning Herald reported..
“As she continued to walk quickly behind him to catch up to him, he turned, faced her and brandished the knife,” Cook told reporters on Saturday. “She fired a gun and the individual is now deceased.”
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