Bondi Junction mall attack: 'Obvious' killer targeted women, Sydney police say - BBC News

Joel Cauchi, 40, fatally stabbed six people in a crowded Sydney shopping centre on Saturday.

6 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingRelated TopicsSydney attackImage source, SuppliedImage caption, Four of the victims (clockwise from left): Jade Young, Ashlee Good, Faraz Tahir and Pikria DarchiaBy Simon Atkinson in Sydney and Hannah RitchieBBC NewsThe man who went on a stabbing rampage in a Sydney shopping centre appears to have targeted women, police say.

Joel Cauchi, 40, sent the crowded Westfield Bondi Junction complex into panic on Saturday when he began stabbing people with a long blade.

Five of the six people who died were women. Several others, including a baby girl, were injured.

The New South Wales police commissioner told Australia's ABC News that it was "obvious" Mr Cauchi focused on women.

The only man killed in the attack was security guard Faraz Tahir, 30, who tried to intervene.

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