‘It was my intention to find the threat’: police officer reveals how she killed Bondi Junction stabber

Insp Amy Scott tells Sydney inquest when she shot Joel Cauchi in April 2024 she was thinking ‘he was going to kill me’Election 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastThe police officer who shot and killed Joel Cauchi minutes after he had stabbed 16 people in a Sydney shopping centre was “on her own” and believed she was going to be killed, a court has been told.Six people were killed by 40-year-old Cauchi, who was schizophrenic, at Bondi Junction’s Westfield shopping centre on 13 April 2024.Sign up for the Afternoon Update: Election 2025 email newsletter Continue reading...

Apr 29, 2025 - 05:31
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‘It was my intention to find the threat’: police officer reveals how she killed Bondi Junction stabber

Insp Amy Scott tells Sydney inquest when she shot Joel Cauchi in April 2024 she was thinking ‘he was going to kill me’

The police officer who shot and killed Joel Cauchi minutes after he had stabbed 16 people in a Sydney shopping centre was “on her own” and believed she was going to be killed, a court has been told.

Six people were killed by 40-year-old Cauchi, who was schizophrenic, at Bondi Junction’s Westfield shopping centre on 13 April 2024.

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