A shopping centre in Sydney's east has been evacuated amid reports of multiple stabbings and potentially a number of deaths.An eyewitnesses told the ABC shots were fired.NSW Police said emergency services were called to Westfield Bondi Junction just before 4pm after reports of multiple people being stabbed."A critical incident has commenced following the shooting of male at Bondi Junction," police said in a statement.It said an operation was underway with shoppers being evacuated.A spokesperson for NSW Ambulance said there were two alleged offenders. It said one has been shot by police and they were hunting the other.Aerial footage from outside the complex shows a large number of emergency vehicles and personnel.Armed police could also be seen conducting a search on the roof where the car park is located.ABC sound engineer Roi Huberman said he was inside a shop when he heard gunshots."And suddenly we heard a shot or maybe two shots and we didn't know what to do," he said."Then the very capable person in the store took us to the back where it can be locked."She then locked the store and then she then let us through the back and now we are out."According to the ambulance spokesperson, a number of people remain trapped inside the shopping centre.
