Sydney mall knifeman Joel Cauchi, 40, shot dead after killing 6 had travelled from Queensland before stabbing spree

The knifeman who stabbed to death six people in a frenzied attack at a Sydney mall has been named as 40-year-old Joel Cauchi.

The attacker, from Queensland terrorrised the busy shopping centre after he stabbed nine people, including a nine-month-old baby on Saturday.

Police say they have identified the Sydney stabbing attacker as 40-year-old Joel Cauchi from Queensland.

New South Wales Police Assistant Commissioner Anthony Cooke said the man is believed to have come to New South Wales last month and the police have spoken to his family, who are co-operating with the investigation.

He added: “As I had said last night, there is still to this point nothing that we have, no information we have received, no evidence we have recovered, no intelligence that we have gathered that would suggest that this was driven by any particular motivation, ideology or otherwise.

“We know that the offender in the matter suffers from mental health.

“We are continuing to work through the profiling of the offender but very clearly to us at this stage it would appear that this is related to the mental health of the individual involved.”

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