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.
I’m tired of playing the incel or religious fundamentalist guessing game
Good (?) news, the answer this time is a schizophrenic who went off his meds.
How soon before we find out that this person was an avid Andrew Tate listener?
I once got yelled at on Lemmy for suggesting that a knife could be as powerful as a gun if used properly. I was accused of being pro gun, which I am not.
I am pro mental healthcare
A person could kill a greater number of people in a set span of time with less energy expended with a gun. But the sound also broadcasts what’s happening to a greater distance.
6 people is a lot
That’s probably because it’s a line that gun control opponents use to try and minimize the obvious dangers and issues with guns. Make sure you are very clear about the scope of your observation and take into account the context you are introducing the observation and you won’t get yelled at…as much.
I was clear… but you know how people get, they only hear one thing and just want to argue. We all do it at some point.
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.
It’s impossible to help everyone, of course. It’s not usually something people want to admit.
