A Westfield shopping centre in Perth has been locked down after a young man was slashed in the face with a knife.
The chaos began when a scuffle kicked off between two men, one armed with a knife, at the Westfield Carousel Shopping Centre in the city’s southeast suburb of Carrington at about 3.30pm on Friday.
A 20-year-old man suffered wounds to his face while the attacker fled the scene, leaving behind a knife which has been secured by police.
A WA Police spokesperson said officers are looking for the knifeman.
The chaos began when a scuffle kicked off between two men, one armed with a knife, at the Westfield Carousel Shopping Centre in the city’s southeast at about 3.30pm on Friday (pictured are shoppers locked down in Kmart)
A man was slashed in the face with a knife at the Westfield Carousel Shopping Centre in Cannington on Friday afternoon (stock image)
‘There is no ongoing threat to the public or further cause for alarm,’ they said.
‘A number of police resources remain at the scene.’
Despite stressing there is no further danger to the public police are urging people to keep away from the scene.
Social media users reported that shoppers were locked down in the complex and ‘told to stay quiet’.
One person claimed there was ‘blood on the ground’ and ‘lots of police’.
Footage showed dozens of shoppers locked down in Kmart as police remain at the scene.
The latest incident comes with the nation still left reeling from the stabbing spree by lone knifeman Joel Cauchi , 40, which took the lives of six people and left a dozen more injured in Westfield’s Bondi Junction shopping centre on April 13.
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