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## Video: Australian Police Investigate Why Man Who Went on Stabbing Spree Targeted Women

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_Published 2024-04-15. Australian police are examining why a lone assailant who stabbed six people to death in a busy Sydney shopping mall and injured more than a dozen others targeted women while avoiding men, a police commissioner said on Monday._


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## Transcript

The events of yesterday have shocked the nation. Australians are waking up to try to deal with the shock and Trauma that will come with what has occurred with violent actions that are unspeakable and really just beyond comprehension people going about their Saturday afternoon shopping should be safe shouldn't they at risk? But tragically we saw a loss of life and people will be grieving for loved ones to die. We are outside. Now, there are many papers still in hospital at dealing with recovery and a thoughts and prayers are with them. We also do at this time give thanks to Appalachian Emergency Services the wonderful inspector who ran into danger by his self.

And removed the threat that was there to others without thinking about the risk to herself. We also I see the footage of ordinary Australians putting themselves In Harm's Way in order to help their fellow citizens that bribery was quite extraordinary that we saw yesterday the best of us try and submit this extraordinary tragedy not lost. We have a 6 victims deceased five women and one man, and of course offender, we're working through the process now of speaking with the families and supporting the families of those victims. Tattoo of him I would appear you have no family in Australia. So we are looking through.

And with agencies have a series to attempt to reach out to the families of those victims to the extent that we believed we were away the offender involved I can tell you that a 40 year old man from Queensland gel cap. She has been identified as the offender in this matter. We are continuing investigations in relation to him, he's a man is a Sid from Queensland we believe he came to New South Wales last month we are and have spoken with his family will continue to do so and I are cooperating with us. We know that shortly after coming to Sydney. Hey, I took possession of the storage facility that has been identified and we have worked through that very small storage facility.

As I had said lost not there is still to this point. Nothing that we have no information. We have received no evidence. We have recovered now intelligence. We have gathered that would suggest that this was driven by any particular motivation Audiology or otherwise we know That the offender in the metal soffit from suffers from Mental Health. We are continuing to work through the pro falling off the offended but very clearly to us at this stage it would appear that this is not related to the mental health of the individual involved.

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