She undoubtedly saved the lives of many people. Amy Scott, an Australian police officer, shot dead a man armed with a knife who had just killed six people and injured several people, including a nine-month-old baby, in the Westfield Bondi Junction shopping center in Sydney.
Karen Webb, the New South Wales state police commissioner, said the suspect is a 40-year-old man "known to law enforcement" but whose terrorist beliefs appear unlikely.
The latter was neutralized by an Australian police officer, named Amy Scott. The Australian Prime Minister praised, a few minutes after his intervention, a “heroine”, who “without a doubt saved lives”.
The police officer, who was alone, at least without her colleagues, chased the attacker through the shopping center before killing him when he turned around and raised his knife at her, reports the Guardian.
A medal of courage in 2019
According to initial testimonies, the policewoman put an end to the attack alone, without waiting for the arrival of her colleagues as reinforcement, with a bullet to the assailant's chest, while remaining very calm, reports the Australian media Channel 3Now.
This is not the first time that Amy Scott's courage has been praised by her profession. In 2019, while operating in the Kings Cross area, she was awarded the medal for “courage and dedication” demonstrated in the line of duty.
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Six people lost their lives in this stabbing attack and other victims were injured. Eight of them are hospitalized, including a nine-month-old baby, who had to undergo emergency surgery on Saturday evening.