STORY: People mourn victims of mass stabbing attack at Sydney mall
SHOOTING TIME: April 14, 2024
DATELINE: April 14, 2024
LENGTH: 00:02:13
LOCATION: SYDNEY, Australia
CATEGORY: OTHERS

SHOTLIST:
1. various of people mourning the victims outside the Westfield Shopping Center
2. various of the Westfield Shopping Center

STORYLINE:

On Sunday morning, residents in Sydney gathered outside the Westfield Shopping Center at Bondi Junction to mourn the victims of a knife attack at this shopping center that killed six people.

Australian police on Sunday identified the perpetrator of the stabbing, saying no intelligence would suggest the attack was driven by ideology.
   
The offender in the Saturday afternoon attack was 40-year-old Joel Cauchi from Queensland, New South Wales (NSW) Police Assistant Commissioner Anthony Cooke told reporters.

Cooke said the man was known to authorities in his home state and suffered from mental health issues.

Emergency services were called to the shopping center Saturday afternoon following reports that multiple people had been stabbed, NSW Police said in a press release on Sunday.
   
A police officer attended and was allegedly confronted by Cauchi, armed with a knife. Cauchi allegedly lunged at the officer, before he was shot dead, according to the press release.
   
Five other people, including four women, believed to be aged between 20 and 55, and a man aged in his 30s, who were in the center, died at the scene.
   
Twelve others, including nine women, two men, and a 9-month-old child, suffering stab wounds, were treated by paramedics and taken to various Sydney hospitals.
   
A 38-year-old woman who was taken to St Vincent's Hospital in a critical condition has since died.
  
Police are aware that other people have also sought medical treatment for various injuries, the press release said.

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Sydney, Australia.
(XHTV)