A man was shot, and a baby was among several people believed to have been stabbed, at a large shopping center in Sydney, Australia, police said Saturday.
New South Wales state police said in a statement on Facebook that a “critical incident” began after the shooting.
The statement added that emergency services were called to the Westfield Bondi Junction shopping center shortly before 4pm local time (2am ET) “following reports of a number of people being stabbed”.
A New South Wales Ambulance spokesperson told NBC News that a nine-month-old baby was “transported to Sydney Children’s Hospital with a pediatric stab wound.”
The child was among seven people transported to the hospital, although the spokesperson said her condition and details of her injuries were unknown.
Hundreds of people were evacuated from the mall.
Local authorities in the Sydney suburb of Waverley said the center was “on lockdown”.
“A police operation is underway at Westfield Bondi Junction,” the council said in the X “The center is closed amid reports of several stabbings.”
Several social media posts showed crowds fleeing the mall and police cars and emergency services rushing to the area.
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