US EditionAustralia police charge alleged gunman after Sydney street shooting
- A 60-year-old man fired up to 50 bullets randomly from a Sydney apartment on Sunday night, critically wounding one person and injuring others.
- The shooting led to a lockdown around 7:45pm in Croydon Park as police surrounded the area and arrested the suspect inside his unit.
- Police reported that the man was not connected to criminal syndicates or terrorist groups, had minimal contact with law enforcement in the past two decades, and no documented history of mental health issues.
- Fourteen individuals received care on-site for minor injuries or emotional distress, while a critically injured man in his 50s was rushed to the hospital for emergency surgery.
- Authorities described the event as a highly dangerous operation and noted mass shootings remain rare in Australia despite firearms bans since 1996.
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The facts, rare in a country where the carrying of weapons is very strictly controlled, took place on a busy shopping street in Sydney.
Over a dozen wounded in rare Sydney mass shooting
A 60-year-old man was in custody in Australia on Monday after police said he shot up to 50 bullets into a busy Sydney street, wounding more than a dozen people. Police were called on Sunday evening to the city’s Inner West, where the alleged gunman was firing from his property at random at passing cars and police. A large contingent of police swarmed the area and locked down the street, before entering the property above a business and arresting…
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The 60-year-old man, who was shooting from his window "without discernment", was arrested and hospitalized, and his motives are unknown.
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