Australia PM hails cop who shot Sydney attacker as 'a hero' - BBC News

Inspector Amy Scott singlehandedly pursued and killed a man in Sydney after he fatally stabbed six people.

1 day agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, NSW PoliceImage caption, Inspector Amy Scott has been called a hero for confronting the attacker aloneBy Hannah RitchieBBC NewsAn Australian police officer has been hailed as a hero by the country's prime minister, after she confronted and shot dead a man who fatally stabbed six people at a Sydney shopping centre.

"There is no doubt that she saved lives," PM Anthony Albanese said, calling Saturday's attack "a horrific act of violence".

Police described how the officer, Insp Amy Scott, bravely tracked attacker Joel Cauchi through the mall, challenged him and shot him dead after he raised his knife towards her.

"A man walked into Westfield at Bondi Junction... as he moved through the centre he engaged with about nine people," Anthony Cooke, assistant commissioner of New South Wales Police, said.

"It is clear that during that engagement he caused harm to those people... stabbing them with a weapon he was carrying.

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