Joel Cauchi named as Bondi Westfield attacker who stabbed shoppers
by Catie McLeod, Eden Gillespie and Emily Wind from World news | The Guardian on (#6M296)
Police believe 40-year-old Queensland man suffered from mental health problems and had only moved to Sydney a month ago
The family of Bondi Junction attacker Joel Cauchi have described his actions as truly horrific", offered condolences to the loved ones of the victims and expressed support for the police officer who ended the stabbing spree by shooting him dead.
Police say Cauchi had mental health problems and that he had moved from Queensland to New South Wales only a month before he took a knife into the crowded Sydney mall on Saturday afternoon and killed six people in an unprovoked stabbing spree.
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