/ 16 April 2024

Kicking off the search for answers

Police car. Free public domain CC0 photo.
Police car. Free public domain CC0 photo.

Following the killing of 6 people in Saturday’s stabbing attack at Bondi Junction’s Westfield shopping centre, NSW Premier Chris Minns has launched an immediate inquiry with an additional $18 million allocated to the Coroner’s office. There are a lot of questions to be answered, including whether 40yo Joel Cauchi targeted women. Cauchi’s father Andrew also spoke yesterday – he said the family is “devastated”. And there was another stabbing incident in Sydney last night which triggered an angry mob to turn on police. Two religious leaders and at least 2 others were stabbed during a service at the Christ The Good Shepherd Church in Wakeley that was being livestreamed. Police arrested a 15-year-old boy over the attack and were forced to lock themselves inside the church as the large crowd outside turned violent. Reports say two police officers were hospitalised after clashes with the crowd – one with a broken jaw. 

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