Sole CCTV operator using bathroom when Bondi Junction attack began, Sydney court hears

Coronial inquest into 2024 incident also told killer had preoccupation with death and murder' before fatally stabbing six people

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The man who fatally stabbed six people in a Sydney shopping centre last April had a preoccupation with death and murder" and made online searches for serial killers and the Columbine school shooters in the days before his attack, a court has heard.

The court also heard that at the moment the attack began, the sole CCTV security room operator had been using the bathroom and re-entered the CCTV room less than two minutes later, towards the end of Cauchi's stabbing rampage.

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