SYDNEY MALL ATTACKER HAD MENTAL ILLNESS, 'NOTHING' TO SUGGEST TERROR MOTIVE. (PHOTO).
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Sydney mall attacker had mental illness, 'nothing' to suggest terror motive
The 40-year-old knifeman, Joel Cauchi, roamed the packed shopping centre killing six people and seriously wounding a dozen others.
Australian police said a 40-year-old itinerant with mental illness was behind a Sydney shopping centre stabbing rampage that killed six people, including a new mum whose nine-month-old baby is still in hospital with serious wounds.
New South Wales police Assistant Commissioner Anthony Cooke said the assailant, who was shot dead by a senior police officer at the scene on Saturday, was Queensland man Joel Cauchi.
Five women and one male security guard were killed in the attack as Cauchi roved through a packed shopping centre in the city's Bondi Junction neighbourhood with a large knife. Twelve more people are still in hospital.
"The sound of people screaming was horrific," said eyewitness Daphi Kiselstein, who was shopping at the time of the attack and took refuge in a store with other terrified people.
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