Police on scene after stabbings reported at Westfield Bondi Junction

A major police operation is underway at Sydney’s Westfield Bondi Junction after multiple people were stabbed on Saturday afternoon.

NCA NewsWire understands a man had been running around the busy shopping centre armed with a knife and stabbed four people before he was shot by police.

It’s understood only one offender is involved.

In a statement, NSW Police confirmed a man had been shot.

“A critical incident has commenced following the shooting of a male at Bondi Junction,” they said.

“Just before 4pm, emergency services were called to Westfield Bondi Junction following reports of multiple people stabbed.”

At this stage, it’s unknown whether the four victims are dead or injured, or the condition of the perpetrator.

People are urged to avoid the area.

A man claimed he was forced to come to the rescue after a baby and its mother were stabbed.

“The mum came over with the baby and threw it at me, and I was just holding the baby,” the unnamed man told 9News.

“I just helped out, just holding the baby and trying to compress the blood from stopping and calling ambulance and police.

“There was a lot of blood on the floor.”

He recounted seeing a man run up to the woman with the baby.

“We just kept yelling out to get some clothes to help us compress and stop the baby bleeding,” he said.

“I think the baby is fine.”

He said he didn’t believe the mother was in a good state.

Dozens of police cars and ambulances arrived on scene on Saturday afternoon while police helicopters circled overhead.

Video footage from evacuees shows shoppers running across the glass bridge connecting the mammoth shopping centre.

Some ran out of the busy complex screaming and crying, while others locked themselves in the centre’s bathrooms.

One man reported being locked inside David Jones while all shops closed their gates.

Shoppers quickly took to X to share their experiences.

“ Something just went down at Westfields Bondi junction. We were up there and all of a sudden all these people running towards us. Next thing dozens and dozens of people all running a screaming some bloke yells ‘someone is stabbing everyone get out of here’,” user Ted Helliar wrote.

More to come.