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Irishman ‘shook to his core’ after witnessing knife attack in Sydney

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Irishman ‘shook to his core’ after witnessing knife attack in Sydney

An Irish man has been left “absolutely shook to the core” after witnessing the deadly knife attack in a shopping centre in Sydney, Australia.

Five women and one man were killed by a 40 year-old man wielding a knife inside the shopping centre on Saturday. The male attacker, who was known to police, was shot dead by a senior off-duty policewoman.




Police have stated they do not think the attack was terror related. Niall Naughton, 27, from Boston in Co. Clare, told RTE’s Saturday with Colm Ó Mongáin, how thoughts turned his family back home in Ireland when he was told a man was stabbing people inside the shopping centre.

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“I was thinking of my own family at the time – what if there is a possibility that something is going to happen to me and I am going to die. I couldn’t even reach for my phone because there were so many of us packed into the room. It was just horrifying scenes to be honest.”

Niall, a mental health manager, has been living in Sydney for the last seven months – he described the moment he first learned something was unfolding.

“I just decided to go in and do some shopping for myself for the day – usually I don’t venture near Bondi but for some reason I did today, unfortunately.

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