One of the seven people stabbed in a rampage in South Hedland, Western Australia, where the attacker was shot dead by police remains in a critical condition and is undergoing surgery in Royal Perth Hospital.
He was the only one of the victims, who were aged between 19 and 39, to be seriously injured by the 34-year-old fly-in-fly-out worker from the Perth metropolitan area.
ABC News (Australia)
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Western Australia, covering the entire western third of the country, is made up mostly of the arid Outback. Its population is concentrated in its fertile southwest corner, home to the Margaret River wine region and the riverside capital, Perth. In the far north, the Kimberley region is home to ancient Aboriginal rock art, the Bungle Bungle sandstone domes and Broome, with Cable Beach camels and a pearling industry.