The Australian city of Sydney was hit by another stabbing incident on Monday, two days after a man stabbed six people to death in a busy shopping mall before being shot by a police officer.
New South Wales Police Force said in an update on X at 8.39 p.m. local time (6.39 a.m. ET) Monday that it was responding to reports that “a number of people were stabbed” in Wakeley, a suburb west of Sydney.
None of the injuries were life-threatening, police said, and the victims were being treated by paramedics.
A male was arrested and was “assisting police with inquiries,” the statement added.
It comes after Saturday’s attack at the Westfield Bondi shopping mall, which also injured nine people.
Police said earlier Monday that they were examining why the lone assailant in that attack had targeted women while avoiding men, and the killer’s father blamed his son’s frustration at not having a girlfriend.
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