Aussie cops fatally shoot man who stabbed 7 at mall

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Australian police fatally shot a man who stabbed and slashed seven people at and near a shopping mall on Friday, officials said.

None of the victims of the rampage in the northwest coastal town of South Hedland suffered life-threatening injuries.

Five were hospitalised with stab wounds, including two who remain in serious but stable condition, officials said. Police have not revealed a motive.

There was no indication the assailant, aged in his 30s, was politically or ideologically motivated, Western Australia state Police Commissioner Police Commissioner Chris Dawson said.

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