Bondi Junction stabbings | |
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Location | Bondi Junction, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
Coordinates | 33°53′29″S 151°15′4″E / 33.89139°S 151.25111°E |
Date | 13 April 2024 3:20 pm – 4:00 pm (AEST, UTC+10:00) |
Target | Under investigation but likely Women[1][2] |
Attack type | Mass stabbing Mass murder |
Weapons | Hunting knife |
Deaths | 7 (including the perpetrator) |
Injured | 12 |
Perpetrator | Joel Cauchi |
Motive | Unknown |
On 13 April 2024, a 40-year-old man, Joel Cauchi, stabbed and killed six people and injured a further twelve in the Westfield Bondi Junction shopping centre in the eastern suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Five women and one man died, while the injured included a nine-month-old girl. Cauchi was fatally shot by a police inspector.