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The man who went on a stabbing rampage in a Sydney shopping centre appears to have targeted women, police say.
Joel Cauchi, 40, sent the crowded Westfield Bondi Junction complex into panic on Saturday when he began stabbing people with a long blade.
Five of the six people who died were women. Several others, including a baby girl, were injured.
The New South Wales police commissioner told Australia's ABC News that it was "obvious" Mr Cauchi focused on women.
The only man killed in the attack was security guard Faraz Tahir, 30, who tried to intervene.
The other victims were Jade Young, 47; Pikria Darchia, 55; Dawn Singleton, 25; Ashlee Good, 38; and Yixuan Cheng, who is believed to be in her 20s.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-68814395.amp
His dad said that his son had a mental illness, had no social skills, and was frustrated with not being able to get a girlfriend. I'm sorry, but that's not an excuse to go around killing people. This is why men should be going to therapy.
As soon as I heard that he bypassed men to attack women I knew this was an incel attack. The parents said today he was angry he couldn’t get a girlfriend. Lots of women have trouble getting boyfriends but never murder random men about it…
Let's also mention that the hero of that day who prevented more deaths was Amy Scott, a police officer who ran inside, tracked down and confronted the attacker on her own and shot him. I'm so glad she did, because if this had gone to trial he would have gotten a slap on the wrist with the usual "poor mentally ill baby didn't know what he was doing! This is the fault of all the evil women who rejected him" excuse.
And I find the man's father disgusting. Pleading for empathy for his depraved, mentally ill son who murdered innocent women - including the attempt to murder a female baby(!) whose mother he killed when she was trying to protect her - and not a single word of regret or empathy for the victims. That man should have made sure his son was locked up in a closed facility. He should have made sure he went to therapy. Instead he let him roam free knowing fully well he was dangerous. If there is a hell, I hope that both of them burn.
"This is why Men should be going to therapy"
SERIOUSLY! I am so damn tired of the "mental illness" label being tossed around to justify horrific shit. If a man lacks that much control over his emotions that he has the urge to perform a massacre the moment something upsets him, he should be be in therapy or maybe even locked up in a mental hospital, especially considering that people have gone to therapy for way less severe problems.
Also notice how generally these people who use the "mental illness" label conveniently never have and never will go to therapy to work on said "mental illness...." Probably because it doesn't exist! He was a whole 40 year old ass man too, not some teenager.
It's tragic. When will our societies realise that some 'mental illness' is extremely dangerous, whilst others benign?? Especially when it comes to men. Sadly there have been several stabbings in Sydney recently, with another one just last night. Violent people seem to getting more brazen everywhere... Time to learn self defense and other self protective measures!
Kudos to the policewoman for doing her job correctly.