Security guard’s Bondi Junction triple-zero call could have confused police, inquest hears

Counter-terrorism expert tells inquest into 2024 stabbing attack by Joel Cauchi guard talks about shots being fired with an armed offender' in triple-zero call

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A triple-zero call made by a security control room operator on duty at Westfield Bondi Junction was made too late and was so unclear it risked confusing police into thinking there was another attacker armed with a gun still at large inside the shopping centre, a counter-terrorism expert has said.

The security officer, who cannot be named, had left the control room for a toilet break when Joel Cauchi, 40, launched his stabbing attack that killed six people and injured 10 others at the Sydney shopping centre in April 2024.