Witnesses to the stabbings at a mall in a Sydney, Australia, on Saturday described a scene of terror as shoppers fled from the knife-wielding man or huddled in stores as panic spread through the shopping center.
Others ran out, screaming as they passed by bodies on the floor.
When Gavin Lockhart, 37, saw people running as he sat inside a coffee shop at the mall, there was a moment of confusion.
Then, Mr. Dunkley recounted, he saw a police officer attempt to stop the assailant.
When the officer told the man to put his knife down, he lunged toward her with his weapon, the cafe owner said.
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