Paramedic Christopher Wilkinson sped to Bondi Westfield as the first emergency calls came through. He found paramedics and stretchers lined up outside and police posted at the door.
Inspector Amy Scott,the NSW Police officer who shot dead Westfield attacker Joel Cauchi,has detailed for the first time the moment she faced down the killer.
Joel Cauchi was severely mentally ill but “effectively unmedicated” and unmonitored for about five years before his death,an inquest has heard.
The month-long inquest into the Westfield Bondi Junction attack begins on Monday. Joel Cauchi killed six people and injured a further 10 before being shot dead by police.
Loved ones and dignitaries paid their respects on Sunday as the eastern suburbs community marked one year since horror unfolded inside Westfield.
The pain of that day has left a scar on us all.
The Westfield massacre unfolded so quickly,most victims didn’t see their attacker coming. Twelve months later,the grief is still deep and raw.
The lawsuit over images of the Bondi Junction stabbing victim centres on use of the photographs in media reports.
A year after a knife-welding man killed six people at Bondi Junction Westfield an inquest is set to begin,but it has laid bare tensions beneath the grief.
The business titan is horrified by the prospect of reliving his daughter’s final moments at an inquiry that he says will prove nothing.