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Kate Middleton has voiced her heartbreak after the horrific attacks in a Sydney shopping mall. The Princess of Wales and her husband Prince William spoke out on Saturday April 13 after Australia was rocked by the tragedy Down Under today.
The Royal couple expressed their distress over the recent tragedy in Sydney, posting on their Kensington Royal social media account: “We are shocked and saddened by the terrible events in Sydney earlier today.
“Our thoughts are with all those affected, including the loved ones of those lost and the heroic emergency responders who risked their own lives to save others. W and C.” Six people have died in a stabbing attack at Bondi Junction Westfield, a six-level shopping centre in Sydney’s east, as well as the attacker who was shot dead by police.
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A lone police officer who was nearby tracked him through the centre before shooting him dead when he turned and raised his knife at her. The commissioner of the Australian Federal Police, Reece Kershaw, said it was “too early to determine a motive” and warning it would be “unhelpful to speculate” at this stage.
Police say there are “not ruling out” that the attack could be a terrorist incident, but say there’s “nothing that we are aware of at the scene that would indicate any motive or any ideology”. New South Wales Police Commissioner Karen Webb has told a press conference: “The last update I had was that [the baby] had been in surgery and it’s too early to say really. But it’s awful.”
Acting premier, Penny Shape, has described the Bondi Junction attack as “beyond distressing” and thanked the police for their work. Speaking late on Saturday evening, she said: “This is not who we are. This is not the community that we live in. This is not something that any person or any member of our community should have had to experience. It’s shocking. I’m personally distressed by this, as I’m sure everybody is.”
