- Police have identified Bondi Junction mass murderer
- Joel Cauchi, 40, recently moved to Sydney
- He was known to have mental health problems.
The man who killed six people in the Bondi Junction stabbing has been identified as Joel Cauchi.
Police say Cauchi, 40, originally from the Brisbane area and who had mental health issues, moved to Sydney from Queensland a month ago.
There is no suggestion that Cauchi was part of any particular ideology, and police treated the horrific attack as a mental health incident.
Police are currently searching a “very small storage facility” in Sydney that Cauchi rented shortly after the move.
He reportedly slept rough and had no fixed address.
Joel Cauchi, 40, has been identified as the mass murderer in the Bondi Westfield stabbing on Saturday.
Deputy Commissioner Anthony Cooke said detectives have spoken to his family, who have been assisting police with their investigation.
“To this point, we still have not received information, we have not recovered evidence, we have not gathered intelligence that would suggest that this was driven by any particular motivation, whether ideological or otherwise,” Deputy Commissioner Cooke told reporters. in the program. Sunday.
“We continue to work on the profile of the offender but at this stage it seems very clear to us that this is related to the mental health of the individual involved.”
Deputy Commissioner Cooke said police are still working to determine how Cauchi came to possess the weapon, which has been described by witnesses as a 30cm hunting knife.
Police said Cauchi recently moved to Sydney from Queensland and had mental health issues.
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