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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australian police are examining why a lone assailant who stabbed six people to death in a busy Sydney shopping mall and injured more than a dozen others targeted women while avoiding men, a police commissioner said on Monday.
Police shot and killed the homeless assailant, Joel Cauchi, during his knife attack in the Westfield Bondi Junction mall on Saturday near world-famous Bondi Beach.
Police have ruled out terrorism and said the 40-year-old had a history of mental illness.
New South Wales state Police Commissioner Karen Webb said detectives would question Cauchi’s family in a bid to determine his motive. CCTV footage from the mall showed Cauchi targeted women.
“The videos speak for themselves, don’t they? And that’s certainly a line of inquiry for us,” Webb told Australian Broadcasting Corp.
“It’s obvious to me, it’s obvious to detectives that that seems to be an area of interest: that the offender had focused on women and avoided the men,” Webb added.
The only male killed was Faraz Tahir, a Pakistani refugee who worked at the mall as a security guard. Tahir had not been armed.
Most of the 12 victims who survived their wounds were also women, Webb said.
The evidence will be provided to a coroner to report on the circumstances of the deaths.
Webb expected the coroner would also address the question of whether security guards at the mall, which is one of Australia’s largest, should be armed.
The families of two victims based overseas had been advised of their deaths, police said. Those victims are Tahir, 30, from Pakistan, and Yixuan Cheng, 27, from China. Also killed were Jade Young, 47; Dawn Singleton, 25; Pikria Darchia, 55; and Ashlee Good, 38.
Eight victims who survived their injuries remained in hospitals on Monday, including Good’s 9-month-old daughter. The baby’s condition improved overnight Sunday from critical to serious, health authorities said.
The conditions of the other seven ranged from critical to stable.
Flags on government buildings around Australia flew at half-staff on Monday as a day of national mourning was declared to honor the victims. A black ribbon will appear on the sails of the Sydney Opera House on Monday night has part of a light display.
Police had given control of the seven-story crime scene back to the mall operators on Sunday night, but a decision has yet to be announced on when it will reopen for business.
The police officer who has been credited with saving many lives by shooting Cauchi dead, Insp. Amy Scott, will be interviewed by detectives on Tuesday.
mohandev Monday, 15 April 2024 12:52 PM
How come there were no 'brave' ausi men to over power this madman? shame on them when Govt is sending forces war mongering or bullying tacticts globaly
Tintin and Snowy Monday, 15 April 2024 12:58 PM
Ironically, it was a courageous female Police Inspector who took him down with her service revolver. 3 shots and he was gone for good.
Gayan Monday, 15 April 2024 01:12 PM
Wify problems?
Human Being Monday, 15 April 2024 02:02 PM
Mental illness is a serious issue in Western countries, Or they just use this as an excuse to kill the innocent.
Dee Monday, 15 April 2024 02:21 PM
Salute to the brave police officer! In our country, such brave act would be condemned as govt sponsored inhuman act! And a huge compensation case being filed!
Nilmini Welivita Monday, 15 April 2024 06:20 PM
They reminded him of Chandrika.
FredSnR Tuesday, 16 April 2024 08:20 AM
There was a brave man, one of the shoppers possibly, who confronted him and prevented him from entering the floor, he risked his life, videos clearly show that.There was also the security officer in the mall who went to the rescue of the victims, he was killed, as the killer was armed with hunting knives.The police officer on duty was a female officer She stopped him by shooting him after calling out for him to drop his weapon, a courageous officer
Anne Tuesday, 16 April 2024 09:22 AM
Where is the commenter calling himself/herself "European", "Socrates", etc who keeps on raving here about how brilliant Western countries and how much better they are? Why silent all of a sudden? If this happened in Sri Lanka that commenter would be all over the place commenting how terrible Sri Lanka is and how brilliant the Western world is.
Jeanne Tuesday, 16 April 2024 03:51 PM
@Anne : That's a rubbish, narrow-minded, ignorant comment. Just like so many other morons commenting on this incident.
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