Sydney stabbing live: Police say ‘it’s obvious’ attacker Joel Cauchi targeted women as 6th victim named
The man who carried out a stabbing spree in a Sydney shopping centre seems to have singled out women as targets, Australian police said today as the nation mourned the victims.
New South Wales police said “it’s obvious to detectives” that the offender, Joel Cauchi, 40, focused on women and avoided the men as he went on a rampage in the crowded Westfield Bondi Junction complex.
Five of the six people killed and the majority of the 12 injured were women in the attack on Saturday.
The final victim of the stabbing attack has been named as a Chinese student. Yixuan Cheng was studying here, prime minister Anthony Albanese said.
Others killed were first-time mother Ashlee Good, 38, Dawn Singleton, Jade Young, 47, 55-year-old artist Pikria Darchia, and security guard Faraz Tahir.
NSW Police identified the attacker as Joel Cauchi of Queensland, with his family describing his actions as “truly horrific”. It has since emerged that he had attempted to join gun groups and had made a “weird” request to have his knives sharpened.
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