Where at least six people have been killed after a ao year old man armed with a knife went on the rampage. Several people, including a nine month old baby, are critically injured and in hospital. It happened just a few minutes drive from bondi beach. Panicked shoppers inside the Westfield Centre fled the attacker s path, before he was shot dead by police. Officers said he was known to the authorities and the attack was likely not a terrorism incident. Katy watson reports now from the scene. Shouting fear and panic in bondi. Chaos in one of sydneys busiest Shopping Centres. Police were called after reports of multiple stabbings, and this is the scene they were met with. The attacker entered the Shopping Centre just after three in the afternoon, maiming people in his path. Outside, shoppers ran for their lives out of the mall. There was relief and terror. Everyone move back i was hiding in the back room just hearing gunshots. It wasjust like the worst thing ever. We saw these people runn
Hello and welcome to Al Jazeera America. After three months of protests that brought ukraines capital to a halt, the opposition struck a deal with the government. President Viktor Yanukovych has agreed to early elections. A new constitution and unique government. As Nick Schifrin reports, tens of thousands of protesters are there camped out in the main square and want him to leaveml. The Opposition Leaders worked hard here inside the ukraine and the International Community to convince everyone that this deal is the solution to the problems. You talk to people inside independence square, the cradle where the uprising began, its hard to find anyone who would agree. For 50,000 people the handshake was a reason not to celebrate, but to mourn. For three months they filled the square, witnessed two resolutions, hoping for a third. Tonight their hopes were dashed. The Opposition Leaders appealed for support. The agreement was a First Step Towards a new government. When we start the process no
Expanded. We start off with his story so that is being drawn ukraines borders are in the us voted overwhelmingly in favor of quitting yet to join russia defining International Opposition to a resounding ninety six percent of voters cast their ballots for a union with the federation and witty official procedures in law still moving at dizzying speed. Russias parliament is set to decide on crime is annexation of east west confrontation has taken on added urgency. The eu and us has slammed the referendum as a legitimate cranny in an emotional eater say its a matter of Self Determination less than twenty four hours after the referendum stated facts they raced outside the parliament to make a toast and terrible. The old anti and maybe gone. After decades of ukrainian rule in any case that the convict to rush and will restore some of the peninsula as costs than that. When it is unwilling to see a lot more investment over the past twenty years has not eaten any of it. Of the underbrush own li
Movement is losing speed. Russia is securing control of an air base in crimea as it pushes on with its take over of the region. Prorussian soldiers captured men at the base and dragged them away. Shots were fired in the air. The weapons will be turned over. Nick spicer has this report from belbek airbase. Using Armored Vehicles and stun grenades Russian Troops forced their way into the russian airbase. Gun fire could be heard. It followed the refusal by troops to surrender to an ultimatum issued by russians. One was injured and the commander taken away for questioning. It was a large facility under ukrainian authority. The army had been in control of the airstrip at the because for two weeks. They are in control of the base, something pound bound to affect the soldiers. This scene was captured live by a cctv camera. The russian soldiers pulled the camera down. Its part of the aggressive absorption of military facilities in crimea. Earlier on saturday the russian flag was raised over a
Pick up your cell phone. Hash tag westbound free ajs staff. And the french Ambassador Says hes been barred in relation to to the rwanda genocide. A russian soldiers killed a ukrainian officer in crimea, according to the Ukrainian Defence ministry. The soldier reportedly shot the officer with a machinegun, at a hotel where the military personal have been staying. Ukraines acting president has met with security chiefs after prorussian activists entered buildings. Kiev is accusing moscow of organising separatist demonstrations. Kim is live in donetsk. What can you tell us about this ukrainian officer that has been shot and killed in crimea . All we know is there was some sort of altercation between the ukrainian soldier and russian soldier, and the ukrainian major was shot dead. It happened at a hotel where ukrainian troops working at a nearby air base were living. I think what this shows is that after the annexation of crimea, after the people of crimea voted in the referendum which kiev