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More now from the police conference, where police say a single unit officer who was nearby to the scene was the officer responsible for disarming and shooting the suspected attacker.
“She confronted the offender who had moved by this stage to level 5," Assistant commissioner Anthony Cooke tells reporters.
“As she continued to walk quickly behind him to catch up with him, he turned, faced her, raised a knife. She discharged a firearm, and that person is now deceased," he says.
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Assistant Commissioner Anthony Cooke has said that the suspect entered the shopping centre at Bondi Junction at around 15:10 local time.
He then says that the suspect then "left the centre very shortly after" before returning at around 15:20 before continuing with the attack and moving through the centre.
Eyewitness Rashdan Aqashah tells me he saw a man holding a pole confront the attacker on an escalator.
"I saw this one guy fighting with the killer. He was holding the pole, trying to throw a pole at the escalator," the 19-year-old tells me.
Aqashah, who was working in clothing store COS, says "everyone started running" when the attack began unfolding.
"I grabbed my manager to shut the store door. It was just in front of our store," he says.
"I’m not sure if the attacker grabbed the pole or not."
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The mother of a nine-month-old baby who has undergone surgery following the attack earlier today is among those who died, according to local media.
The Sydney Morning Herald has reported that the mother died from her injuries at hospital, while The Guardian Australia has said they've spoken with police sources who confirm that the mother was the sixth victim.
Police said earlier that the baby was undergoing treatment in surgery.
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