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Sydney knife attack: Ex-Bury footballer becomes citizen arrest hero in Australia

Paul O’Shaughnessy and his brother Luke are being lauded for their disarming of a man who allegedly killed one person and hospitalised another

Former Bury footballer Paul O'Shaughnessy and his brother Luke have been hailed as heroes after helping to bring down a knife-wielding attacker in Sydney.

Local police have confirmed that a 21-year-old woman was killed on Tuesday afternoon and a 41-year-old man was hospitalised with stab wounds when an unidentified man started attacking people in Australia's biggest city.

Police and ambulance services were quick to respond on Tuesday afternoon, but members of the public had already taken matters into their own hands.