Police gather at the crime scene after a man stabbed a woman and attempted to stab others in central Sydney on August 13, 2019, before being pinned down by members of the public and detained by police. / AFP / SAEED KHAN
SYDNEY: Australian police and witnesses say a knife-wielding man yelling "Allahu akbar," or "God is great," has attempted to stab several people in Sydney before being arrested, with one person taken to a hospital.
Witnesses say the man, wielding a long knife, attempted to stab multiple people near a busy intersection on Tuesday.
New South Wales state police said in a statement that a man was arrested and that a woman was taken to a hospital in stable condition. It was unclear whether the man stabbed anyone else.
A witness told reporters that the man was screaming comments about religion, before yelling to police that he wanted to be shot. Police said he used the Arabic phrase "Allahu akbar."
