Suspect charged with murder, assault after Sydney knife rampage - police

Published Aug 16, 2019

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Sydney - Australian police on Friday filed

charges against a man accused of killing a young woman and

wounding another in a stabbing rampage in downtown Sydney this

week.

An injured woman is taken by ambulance from Hotel CBD at the corner of King and York Street in Sydney on Tuesday, August 13, 2019. Police and witnesses say a young man yelling about religion and armed with a knife has attempted to stab several people in downtown Sydney before being arrested. Picture: Dean Lewins/AAP Image via AP

Police said the body of Michaela Dunn, 24, was found in her

apartment on Tuesday in the central business district of

Australia's largest city. A 41-year-old woman was taken to

hospital with stab wounds.

Police work at a scene where a man attempted to stab multiple people in Sydney. Picture: Rick Rycroft/AP

The charges against the 20-year-old man included murder,

attempted murder and common assault, police said, adding that he

was denied bail and would appear in court on Saturday.

A man, centre, points as he assists police at a building where a person has been found deceased after a man attempted to stab multiple people in Sydney. Picture: Rick Rycroft/AP

The incident, which brought downtown traffic to a halt in

Australia's biggest city, was not being treated as terrorism,

police said this week. 

Paul O'Shaughnessy, centre, tells how he and his brother Luke chased down a man who attempted to stab multiple people in Sydney. Picture: Rick Rycroft/AP

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