A critically-injured baby's mother is among six shoppers killed, and eight others stabbed, by a man armed with a knife at a major Sydney shopping centre. Witnesses say the dark-haired, bearded man, wearing a Kangaroos ARL jersey, chased and slashed at shoppers as he went on a wild rampage through Westfield Bondi Junction before he was shot dead by police. Among the dead is a mother, 38, who threw her stabbed nine-month-old to a bystander in a bid to save his life. It is understood the baby is undergoing surgery, but the mother has since died from her injuries in hospital. Prime minister Anthony Albanese called the attack 'a horrific act of violence' at a press conference alongside Mr Kershaw in Canberra. 'The nation offers our deepest condolences and sympathies to all those who are grieving for someone they have lost and we send our strength to those who have been injured,' Mr Albanese said. Opposition leader Peter Dutton said that he was thinking of the families of those whose loved one were caught in Westfield at the time. #australia #Stabbing #attack