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The attack happened in a busy center for tourists and beachgoers in the eastern suburbs, an affluent area of Sydney.

People paying their respects on Sunday at a memorial for the victims of Saturday’s mass stabbing in Bondi Junction in Sydney, Australia.Credit...Dean Lewins/Australian Associated Press, via Reuters

Published April 13, 2024Updated April 14, 2024, 9:30 a.m. ET

A stabbing attack on Saturday afternoon at a crowded mall in Sydney, Australia, left six people dead and at least 11 others injured, including a 9-month-old girl. The rampage was the deadliest act of mass violence in the country since 2017.

The authorities said that the attacker, who was identified on Sunday as Joel Cauchi, 40, was shot and killed by a police officer.

Here’s what we know about the attack so far.

What happened in Sydney?

The attack happened at Westfield Bondi Junction, a popular shopping center about a mile away from the famous Bondi Beach, in Sydney’s affluent eastern suburbs.

Witnesses described a chaotic scene as shoppers noticed people running and saying that someone in the mall had a knife. As the attacker moved through multiple levels of the mall, the police said, he began to stab people.

Five people died of their injuries at the scene and a woman died later in a hospital, the police said. At least 11 others — including eight women, two men and the 9-month-old — were taken to hospitals, the police said.

Multiple calls were made from the mall about a stabbing, beginning shortly after 3:30 p.m. local time on Saturday.

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