Joel Cauchi entered Westfield Bondi Junction with a large knife. Within 25 terrifying minutes, he had rampaged from floor to floor, killing six people.
. It was a warm afternoon, the first day of school holidays, and thousands of people were in and around the shopping centre, which straddles Oxford Street in the eastern suburbs’ main business district.
Many people saw a fragment of the events, just enough to suggest something horrifying was taking place as they ran for the exits or were hustled towards shop stockrooms to take shelter. Others filmed what they could and shared images on social media in near-real time as the murderer moved around the complex.
A mother ushered her three children away, walking quickly but not in a state of panic. Other shoppers seemed oblivious as the man holding knife with a blade about 30 centimetres long jogged past.Cauchi was seen chasing one person, lunging at another and then stopping short and veering away when a larger man partially blocks his path.
Good, 38, died of her injuries after being taken to St Vincent’s Hospital. Her baby daughter is in intensive care.Two security guards at the centre, a man and a woman whose name has not been released, were also among those who were stabbed and died at the shopping centre. The male security guard was Faraz Tahir, 30, who arrived as a refugee from Pakistan about a year ago. He was working his first day shift at the centre.
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