Joel Cauchi, a 40-year-old man, killed six people and injured several others in a knife attack in the vast Westfield Bondi Junction shopping complex in Sydney. “We have no element, no information, no proof or no intelligence to suggest that it is a particular motivation, an ideology or other” for his act, Deputy Commissioner of the New South Wales State Police, Anthony Cooke, explained this Sunday.
Police: “This man was diagnosed with a mental illness at the age of 17 and has received treatment over the years,” police said, adding: ‘In the last few years alone, his mental health has deteriorated.’ In 2020 in two Facebook groups looked for “groups of people who shoot firearms, including handguns, to meet, discuss and get to know each other’ “Please DM me if you can help!” “By the way, I live in Brisbane.” In 2023, his family reportedly confiscated his knives.