One Woman Dead, Another Wounded in Sydney Knife Attack

SYDNEY (AP) — A knife-wielding man with a history of mental illness is suspected of slaying a woman in a downtown Sydney apartment before wounding another woman nearby and attempting to stab other people Tuesday while yelling "Allahu akbar," or "God is great," police and witnesses said. Police had not listed the rampage as an act of terrorism, although the 21-year-old assailant — who was restrained by members of the public before being arrested — had collected information on his computer about mass killings in North America and New Zealand, New South Wales state Police Commissioners Michael Fuller said. A gunman who recently left 22 people dead at a Texas Walmart appears to have praised the March 15 shootings in Christchurch, New Zealand, where an Australian white supremacist is charged with killing 51 worshippers at two mosques. "It is not currently classed as a terrorist incident. Obviously as the investigation continues we will reassess that," Fuller told reporters. An injured woman is taken by ambulance from Hotel CBD at the corner of King and York Street in Sydney, Australia Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2019. Police and witnesses say a young man yelling about religion and armed with a knife has attempted to stab several people in downtown Sydney before being arrested, with one woman taken to a hospital. (Dean Lewins/AAP Image via AP) "He is by definition, at the moment, a lone actor. Information was found on him that would suggest he has so...
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