Six dead and baby in surgery after multiple stabbings at Sydney mall, police say

Eyewitness Rashdan Aqashah tells me he saw a man holding a pole confront the attacker on an escalator.

“I saw this one guy fighting with the
killer. He was holding the pole, trying to throw a pole at the escalator,” the 19-year-old tells me.

Aqashah, who was working in clothing store COS, says “everyone started running” when the attack began unfolding.

“I grabbed my manager to shut the
store door. It was just in front of our store,” he says.

“I’m
not sure if the attacker grabbed the pole or not.”