A major police operation is underway in the Sydney CBD, after multiple people were stabbed and one man arrested.
People are being warned to avoid the area.
Witnesses reported multiple people were stabbed in the incident before members of the public and a firefighter restrained the man on the ground with cafe chairs and a milk crate.
The man has blood on his hands and shirt. He had earlier been yelling “Shoot me, I want to die.”
There is a heavy police presence on King St and Clarence St in Wynyard.
At least one woman has been taken to hospital.
An uber driver who was on King Street near the Grace Hotel told 2GB Radio that he saw the terrifying incident unfold.
“Next thing I see this guy jumping over the car, over the bonnet … he had a knife in his hand,” the man said.
“He had a bit of blood on his shirt.
“There were police, people with their phone out, there were fireys trying to contain him.”
Witnesses say a fireman from a truck that happened to be at the scene leapt out with an axe in a bid to apprehend the man.
A NSW Fire and Rescue spokesman confirmed a crew was in the area and assisted police.
SOURCE: NZ HERALD
