‘Obvious’ Sydney mall killer targeted women, Australian police say
Al Jazeera
New South Wales Police commissioner says videos of the attack ‘speak for themselves’.
Australian police have said they believe a man who fatally six stabbed people at a busy Sydney shopping centre specifically targeted women.
Five women and one man were killed on Saturday when a 40-year-old man went on a stabbing spree in the beach suburb of Bondi.
The women killed in the attack were identified as a 55-year-old designer, a 47-year-old architect and volunteer surf lifesaver, the 25-year-old daughter of an entrepreneur, a 27-year-old student from China and a 38-year-old new mother.
A 30-year-old Pakistani security guard, who reportedly tried to stop the attacker, was the only man killed in the attack.
The majority of those injured in the attack were also women.
