Member LoginMember Login - User registration - Setup as front page - Add to favorites - Sitemap Sydney mall stabbing: Police identify the attacker who killed 6 people !

Sydney mall stabbing: Police identify the attacker who killed 6 people

Time:2024-05-07 16:46:40 source:International Identities news portal

SYDNEY (AP) — Police have identified the assailant who stabbed six people to death at a busy Sydney shopping center before he was fatally shot by a police officer.

New South Wales Police said Sunday 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.

“There is still, to this point... no information we have received, no evidence we have recovered, no intelligence that we have gathered that would suggest that this was driven by any particular motivation - ideology or otherwise,” he added.

Related information
  • Chad holds presidential election after years of military rule
  • Tear gas as crowds clash with riot police in Russia
  • Search to continue for 79
  • Death penalty for artist behind Kyoto anime fire, which killed 36
  • Top secret D
  • Wellington's Tuesday dinners celebrates 'amazing collection of people' 25 years on
  • Police treat painting over of Auckland's K' Road rainbow crossing as hate crime
  • $18m boost for New Zealanders needing to travel for health treatment
Recommended content
  • With college football drama behind him, Devontez Walker eager to show his talent with Baltimore
  • Waymo's robotaxi service expands into Los Angeles, starting free rides in parts of the city
  • China and India hold talks over Ladakh border standoff
  • KiwiRail seeks advice to extend life of Interislander Kaitaki ferry
  • PWHL's strong first season coincides with a growing appetite for women's sports
  • Tauranga bars to close earlier under booze rule changes