How a woman cop took out Sydney knifeman with ‘single shot to his chest’

The casualties in the attack at a shopping centre in Bondi Junction in Sydney could have been higher but for a brave and sharp-witted woman police officer.

Who took on the knifeman alone and shot him dead. Six people have died and several injured in the mass stabbing incident in Westfield. After the attacker went on a rampage inside the mall, stabbing shoppers, including a nine-month-old baby, the woman cop decided to take him on alone.

Even as panicked shoppers made a dash for the exit, the woman cop followed the attacker, wearing an Australian Rugby League team jersey, and killed him with a single shot to his chest, a report on news.au said.

An eyewitness said the police officer handled the situation calmly and asked the attacker to drop his knife. However, the attacker lunged at the cop with his knife before he was shot dead.

“She was put in a situation where she had to do it. She did it so calmly. She was amazing,” Michael Dunkley, an owner of a cafe, told news.com.au.

Meanwhile, videos have flooded social media of local citizens throwing tables and chairs at the knifeman to take him down. Another footage emerged of one man taking him on with a bollard.

A man, wearing a white t-shirt, is also seen attempting to stop the attacker from getting up an escalator.

Such stabbing events are rare in Australia. In 2019, around four people were killed and one injured in a mass shooting in Darwin, northern Australia.