Sydney stabbing: First pictures emerge of mum stabbed to death in shopping mall

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A mum stabbed to death in a Sydney shopping centre knife attack while protecting her baby has been pictured.Ash Good, 38, was among the victims of the shocking attack as she bravely defended her nine-month-old daughter.The little girl, who suffered knife wounds, is fighting for life at Sydney Children’s Hospital.Four other women and a man died in the horrific incident at Westfield shopping centre in Bondi, before the attacker was shot dead by a female police inspector.Multiple emergency vehicles were seen outside the building on Saturday as members of the public fled in panic.Several casualties were rushed to hospital while others were treated at the scene.Another image has emerged showing what appears to be the knifeman walking through the mall.A friend of Ash described her as a “beautiful human” and the “world’s best mum” in a tribute to news.com.au.One visibly upset witness told Sky News: “Who does that to people?

I saw a woman lying on the floor in Chanel. It was insane, it was insanity, I wasn’t expecting it. I thought I was going to die.”Viewers in Australia were shocked when a Nine News broadcast live from the scene was interrupted by a witness who came up to a reporter and pointed to his brother saying: “He’s a hero - he saved the baby”.The Mirror reports that the visibly shaken man then described how he had used clothes from a shop to try and stop the baby’s bleeding.

He said: “The baby got stabbed and, yeah, the mum got stabbed.”Police said they had identified the attacker as a 40-year-old man who was known to them.

They added they do not believe he was motivated by terrorism.NSW Police’s Assistant Commissioner Anthony Cook said: “About ten past three this afternoon a male walked into Westfield Bondi Junction.