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A man stabbed 5 women and a child to death in Sydney’s Bondi Junction Mall.On social media, many people were calling the attacker a Muslim, while many were calling him a Jew.Police have now said that the name of this attacker is Joel Cauchi, who was mentally unwell.
Sydney. Police have finally revealed the identity of the person who stabbed five women and a child to death in a busy shopping center in Sydney, Australia. On social media, many people were calling this attacker a Muslim and many were calling him a Jew. However, the police have now said that the name of this attacker is Joel Cauchi, who was mentally unwell. Joel, who was creating bloodshed in the mall, was shot by a police officer.
‘The attack in the mall is not a terrorist incident’
New South Wales (NSW) Police, while disclosing his identity, said that 40-year-old Joel Cauchi was responsible for the Saturday afternoon attack at the Westfield Shopping Center in Bondi Junction, located near the city’s world famous Bondi Beach. NSW Assistant Police Commissioner Anthony Cook told reporters at a media conference on Sunday that Cowie was suffering from undiagnosed mental health issues and police investigators were not treating the attack as terrorism-related.
Cook said: ‘We are continuing to work on profiling the offender, but at this stage it clearly appears to us that this is related to the individual’s mental health.’ He said, ‘Still, up to this point… we have received no information, no evidence, no intelligence to suggest that this was an attack motivated by any particular motivation or ideology.’
Bloodshed in Bondi Junction Mall
According to New South Wales Police, emergency services were called to Bondi Junction – a large shopping center in Westfield in Sydney – at about 3.30am local time on Saturday after reports of several people being stabbed.
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Police said in a statement, ‘The attacker also tried to attack an officer attached to the Eastern Suburbs Police Area Command with a knife. The officer shot him and killed him. It was later confirmed that the man had fatally attacked six people before being shot. Local media reported that seven other people were seriously injured.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese wrote on social media platform X regarding this incident, ‘I have been informed by AFP (Australian Federal Police) about the devastating incidents at Bondi Junction. Sadly, many casualties have been reported and my thoughts are with those affected and their loved ones. “Our hearts go out to those injured and we salute the brave police for their immediate action,” Albanese said in another post.
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first published : April 15, 2024, 09:37 IST
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