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Police in Australia identify the Sydney stabbing attacker who killed 6 people
https://apnews.com/article/sydney-shopping-center-stabbing-shot-bondi-22068107d1569dbc374f709a74539c30Police in Australia identify the Sydney stabbing attacker who killed 6 people
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Sunday that the stabbing attacks at a busy Sydney shopping centre have “shocked the nation.”
BY RICK RYCROFT AND KEIRAN SMITH
Updated 4:52 AM EDT, April 14, 2024
SYDNEY (AP) — Police identified Sunday the assailant who stabbed and killed six people at a busy Sydney shopping center before a police officer fatally shot him.
New South Wales Police said that Joel Cauchi, 40, was responsible for the Saturday afternoon attack at the Westfield Shopping Centre in Bondi Junction, in the city’s eastern suburbs and not far from the world-famous Bondi Beach.
NSW Assistant Police Commissioner Anthony Cooke told reporters at a media conference on Sunday that Cauchi suffered from yet unspecified mental health issues and police investigators weren’t treating the attack as terrorism-related.
“We are continuing to work through the profiling of the offender but very clearly to us at this stage, it would appear that this is related to the mental health of the individual involved,” Cooke said.
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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Sunday that the stabbing attacks at a busy Sydney shopping centre have “shocked the nation.”
BY RICK RYCROFT AND KEIRAN SMITH
Updated 4:52 AM EDT, April 14, 2024
SYDNEY (AP) — Police identified Sunday the assailant who stabbed and killed six people at a busy Sydney shopping center before a police officer fatally shot him.
New South Wales Police said that Joel Cauchi, 40, was responsible for the Saturday afternoon attack at the Westfield Shopping Centre in Bondi Junction, in the city’s eastern suburbs and not far from the world-famous Bondi Beach.
NSW Assistant Police Commissioner Anthony Cooke told reporters at a media conference on Sunday that Cauchi suffered from yet unspecified mental health issues and police investigators weren’t treating the attack as terrorism-related.
“We are continuing to work through the profiling of the offender but very clearly to us at this stage, it would appear that this is related to the mental health of the individual involved,” Cooke said.
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