Joel Cauchi: New details emerge about Bondi Junction knifeman that killed six

The man who killed six people in the Bondi Junction stabbing has been identified as Joel Cauchi.

Police say 40-year-old Cauchi, who is from the Brisbane area and had mental health issues, moved to Sydney from Queensland a month ago.

There is no indication that Cauchi was part of any particular ideology, with police treating the horrific attack as a mental health-related incident.

Police are currently searching a “very small storage facility” in Sydney that Cauchi rented out shortly after the move.

He reportedly slept poorly and had no fixed address.

Assistant Commissioner Anthony Cooke said detectives have spoken to his family who have assisted police with their investigation.

“There is still no information that we have received, no evidence that we have recovered, no information that we have gathered that would indicate that this was driven by any particular motivation – ideology or otherwise,” said Deputy Commissioner Cooke to reporters. Sunday.

‘We continue to work on profiling the perpetrator, but it seems very clear to us at this stage that this is linked to the mental health of the individual involved.’

Assistant Commissioner Cooke said police were still working to determine how Cauchi came into possession of the weapon, described by witnesses as a 12-inch hunting knife.

Police were called to Bondi Junction Westfield at 3.20pm on Saturday when a horrific stabbing took place in the busy shopping center on the first day of the school holidays.

Footage posted online shows terrified customers running through the center as Cauchi chases them with the knife.

Inspector Amy Scott was patrolling the area and was the first on the scene. She entered the shopping center alone and bravely ran towards the perpetrator before shooting him dead when he came towards her with the knife.

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