The knifeman behind the horrific stabbing rampage in Sydney which left six individuals lifeless has been recognized as 40-year-old Joel Cauchi from Queensland.
Assistant Commissioner Anthony Cooke mentioned he was identified to police and was ‘very clearly’ affected by psychological well being points.
Six customers had been killed in the course of the assault at Bondi Junction’s Westfield in Sydney east yesterday afternoon earlier than Cauchi was gunned down by a hero feminine police officer.
‘We all know that shortly after coming to Sydney, he took possession of a storage facility that has been recognized,’ assistant commissioner Cooke mentioned.
‘We’re persevering with to work by means of the profiling of the offender however very clearly to us at this stage it might seem that that is associated to the psychological well being of the person concerned.’
The knifeman behind the horrific stabbing rampage in Sydney which left six individuals lifeless has been recognized as 40-year-old Joel Cauchi
Assistant Commissioner Anthony Cooke mentioned he was identified to police and was ‘very clearly’ affected by psychological well being points
New South Wales (NSW) Police Inspector Amy Scott has been praised for her bravery after she stopped the terrifying assault by capturing Cauchi lifeless
In keeping with his social media profiles, Cauchi grew up in Toowoomba and claimed he labored as an English tutor.
He was a browsing fanatic and simply final week posted in a Sydney Fb group asking if anybody want to meet him for a surf in Bondi.
It comes as police additionally supplied an replace on the situation of a nine-month-old child lady who was significantly injured within the assault.
The toddler was rushed to hospital in a important situation final night time for emergency surgical procedure.
A police spokesperson mentioned: ‘We perceive child Harriet is stabilising this morning.
‘We perceive that she underwent surgical procedure and he or she stays in a severe however steady situation.’
Harriet’s mom, Ash Good, 38, was amongst these killed throughout Cauchi’s rampage.
Tonight one other sufferer has been named because the daughter of millionaire businessman John Singleton.
Daybreak Singleton, affectionately referred to as Dawnie, 25, was one of many six individuals stabbed to loss of life by Cauchi on the buying centre.
New South Wales (NSW) Police Inspector Amy Scott has been praised for her bravery after she stopped the terrifying assault by capturing Cauchi lifeless.
As the primary officer on scene, Inspector Scott sprinted by means of the highest stage of the buying advanced and risked her life when she confronted the knifeman who additionally injured eight others.
She shot the attacker – who was carrying a inexperienced rugby prime – lifeless when he turned in the direction of her and raised his knife.
The senior police officer then carried out CPR on the killer and the opposite victims mendacity on the bottom as she waited for back-up to reach.
John Singleton’s daughter Dawnie, 25, has been named amongst six individuals murdered by kniofe wielding attacker Joel Cauchi at Bondi Junction Westfield on Saturday
She confronted the knifeman alone on the highest stage of the buying centre and shot him lifeless
Insp Amy Scott (second from the left) was recognised for her braveness whereas stationed as a sergeant in 2019
The attacker was within the mall at 3pm however left and returned at 3.20pm with a knife. He attacked the mom and baby at 3.30pm earlier than police arrived at 3.45pm and the mall was positioned beneath lockdown at 4pm
Among the many victims was 38-year-old new mom Ash Good who was attacked alongside her nine-month-old child Harriet.
Simply hours earlier than the horror unfolded, Ms Good posted a photograph to Instagram along with her daughter in her arms.
‘Solely as a result of I used to be strolling previous and occurred to be carrying the identical factor 9 months out vs 9 months in and so forth and so forth,’ the caption learn.
One man was hailed a hero for speeding to help Ms Good and her child as he instructed how he desperately labored to maintain the toddler alive utilizing retailer garments.
A witness interrupted a 9 Information reporter on the scene in Bondi Junction and pointed to his brother, saying: ‘He is a hero – he saved the infant’.
The clearly shaken man mentioned he used garments from a retailer to attempt to stem the infant’s bleeding.
‘The infant obtained stabbed and, yeah, the mum obtained stabbed,’ he mentioned.
‘The mum came visiting with the infant and threw it at me. I simply helped by holding the infant… and attempting to compress the infant(‘s wounds).’
The brothers stayed with the mom and referred to as emergency companies.
‘(It was) very unhealthy… a number of the blood on the ground … hope the infant’s alright,’ the opposite brother mentioned.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and the Prince and Princess of Wales have led the flood of commendations for Inspector Scott’s actions.
A primary-time mom stabbed to loss of life within the Sydney buying centre knife rampage has been pictured for the primary time. Simply hours earlier than the horror unfolded, Ms Good posted a photograph to Instagram along with her daughter Harriet in her arms
Ash Good, 38, was among the many six customers at Sydney’s Bondi Junction Westfield who had been killed at this time, when a person, 40, wearing a rugby league jersey, went on a stabbing rampage about 3.20pm earlier than a feminine police officer shot him lifeless
Rishi Sunak has mentioned his ‘coronary heart goes out’ to these affected by the ‘really devastating’ assault in Sydney that killed six individuals.
In a put up on X, previously Twitter, he mentioned: ‘The horrific assaults at Bondi Junction are really devastating.
‘My coronary heart goes out to these affected by this abhorrent act of violence, and I pray for the restoration of these left injured and traumatised at this time.
‘You’re within the ideas and prayers of the British individuals.’