Bondi Junction mall attack: 'Obvious' killer targeted women, Sydney police say
bbc.com
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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A knife may be as capable of causing harm as a gun in some situations, but in many situations it is significantly less dangerous.
That doesn't mean we should neglect mental healthcare, but it does mean guns should probably be more carefully regulated than knives even if mental healthcare were a solved problem.