Men saved stabbed baby with store clothes

Two men say a baby and her mother were stabbed and that they frantically used clothes from a store to stop the bleeding at Bondi Junction.

A baby and her mother were among those stabbed at Westfield in Bondi Junction, with two men describing how they frantically used clothes from a store to stop the child’s bleeding.

Six people - as well as the attacker - are confirmed dead and many more injured after a mass stabbing inside the packed shopping centre.

One of the dead is the baby’s 38-year-old mother, who was rushed to hospital but succumbed to her injuries.

In an interview during a live cross on Channel Nine, the witnesses described the carnage.

“The baby got stabbed and, yeah the mum got stabbed,” one of the men told Nine.

Two men are being hailed as heroes.

The nine-month-old baby on a stretcher. Picture: Supplied

“The mum came over with the baby and threw it at me. And [I was] just holding the baby. Yeah. Looked pretty bad.”

They said they helped by holding the baby, trying to stem the blood flow and calling emergency services.

They said the injuries were “very bad”.

“There’s a lot of blood on the floor and I hope the baby’s alright,” they said.

Police are on scene after multiple reported stabbings at Bondi Junction. Picture: Supplied

The pair said they were shopping at the time of the incident.

“We saw the man run up to the woman with the baby, and then we were both ready to go and then we were both ready to go and help out. But I just said to my brother, we’ve got to run in, ran in, told the guys to just lock up the doors.

“And the mother came with the doors. And the mother came with the baby bleeding, stabbed, and we got them into the store and just got them safe and then rang for help.”

They then yelled to get some clothes to stop the bleeding.

“I just kept yelling out to get some clothes, get some shirts and just help us to compress and stop the baby from bleeding.”

It is understood the baby is nine months old.

“I think the baby’s fine,” one of the men said. “The mother, unfortunately, started to have a lot of blood coming out of her mouth.”

The two men have been hailed as heroes.

Horror scenes in Bondi

The baby and its mother were among at least seven victims of the stabbing attack that unfolded across multiple floors of the busy centre shortly before 4pm.

NSW Ambulance have confirmed seven people had been taken to the city’s hospitals, including one child to the Royal Children’s Hospital.

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.

A major police operation is still underway at the popular shopping centre.

Hundreds of shoppers have been evacuated after a suspected stabbing at Sydney’s Bondi Junction.

In a statement, NSW Police confirmed the attacker 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.”

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.

Incident at Bondi Junction Westfield.

Heard what sounded like gun shots when inside the centre and all ran out.

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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.

Police and ambulance were quick to arrive on scene.

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.

— with NCA Newswire

— more to come

Originally published as Men saved stabbed baby with store clothes