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.

  • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    Australia has very good mental healthcare, but people slip through the cracks.

    Australia also has very strong gun control laws after a massacre that killed a huge number of people, so these mass killings are few and far between.

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      very good mental healthcare

      No, it’s just better than other places. It’s overstressed, underprioritised, acute-focussed and failing the population at large. Better than the US, even exponentially, doesn’t mean good.

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      It’s impossible to help everyone, of course. It’s not usually something people want to admit.