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Sydney is reeling from two high-profile stabbing attacks – why was only one deemed a terror incident?

Incidents at a Bondi Junction mall and at a Wakeley church have seen very different responses from police

The Guardian - AU

Police Defend Saying Sydney Church Stabbing Was 'Terrorism'

Australian police on Wednesday defended their decision to declare a 16-year-old's alleged stabbing of a bishop in a Sydney church a "terrorist" act as community leaders fretted over its impact.

International Business Times

Sydney church stabbing: how an alleged attack on a firebrand preacher reignited tensions

As rumours spread after the incident, the streets around the Christ the Good Shepherd church in Wakeley descended into violent bedlam

The Guardian - AU

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Sydney church stabbing: Chris Minns considering tighter knife laws after Wakeley and Bondi stabbings

NSW premier says a ‘major and serious criminal investigation’ is under way after incident at Assyrian Christ the Good Shepherd church in Wakeley was deemed terrorism attack

The Guardian - AU

A knife attack in Australia is being treated as terrorism

Australian police say a knife attack in Sydney that wounded a bishop and a priest during a church service as worshippers watched online and in person, and sparked a riot was an act of terrorism.

WEKU

Fresh probe after cops, ambos targeted in church riot

Political leaders are calling for calm in the community after police pushed back an angry mob outside a Sydney church following the stabbing of a bishop.

AAP

Sydney Church Stabbing Called 'Terrorist' Act, Teen Detained

Australian police on Tuesday said a brutal live-streamed knife attack at a church service in Sydney was a religiously motivated "terrorist" act, as they urged calm from the angered local community.

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The Guardian - AU

What happened in Sydney? What we know about the mall attack

‘He looked like he was on a killing spree,’ one witness said

Evening Standard

Bondi Junction stabbings: killer Joel Cauchi may have targeted women and children, NSW police say

Stabbing murderer’s parents speak about their son’s mental health after government announces coronial inquiry into the six deaths

The Guardian - AU

Australia attack: Sixth Sydney stabbings victim named as police say it was 'obvious' women were targeted

Yixuan Chen, 27, was one of six people killed in the attack by Joel Cauchi, who police believe targeted women while largely avoiding men

Evening Standard

Sydney Mall Stabbing: Police Investigate Assailant's Targeting Of Women

Australian police investigate motive behind tragic Sydney mall attack that left six dead and many injured. National mourning declared.

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'Quality human': brave Bondi attack police officer's Hunter ties

Inspector Amy Scott has 'strong' connections to the region.

Newcastle Herald

‘Obvious’ Sydney mall killer targeted women, Australian police say

New South Wales Police commissioner says videos of the attack ‘speak for themselves’.

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The Guardian - AU

Sixth Westfield Bondi Junction stabbing victim named as Chinese student Yixuan Cheng

Detectives pursuing ‘obvious’ line of inquiry – that attacker Joel Cauchi targeted women and avoided men, police commissioner says

International Business Times

Police Probe Killer's Targeting Of Women In Sydney Mall Attack

Australian police said Monday they are investigating why a 40-year-old man with mental illness appeared to target women as he roamed a Sydney shopping mall with a large knife, killing six people and injuring a dozen more.

Al Jazeera

Australia mourns five women, Pakistani guard killed in Sydney mall attack

Misinformation about attacker’s identity – as Muslim or Jewish – spread widely online before police identified suspect.

The Guardian - AU

Bondi Junction mass stabbing attack: who are the six victims?

Six people – five women and one man – were killed by Queensland man Joel Cauchi at Westfield shopping centre in Sydney

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Evening Standard

Sydney knife attacker was 40-year-old man with mental health issues, say police

New South Wales Police said they had identified the attacker as Joel Cauchi from Queensland and do not think he was motivated by terrorism.

The Guardian - AU

Joel Cauchi: who was the Queensland man who carried out the Bondi Junction mass stabbing?

Police say 40-year-old was an itinerant who moved to NSW last month and had a history of mental illness

AAP

'Enormously courageous' humble officer saved many lives

Police officer Amy Scott prevented more carnage after she ran into a shopping centre alone and chased down a knife-wielding man who had just killed six people.

AAP

'Instinctive bravery': Shoppers praised in Bondi attack

The courage of ordinary Sydneysiders who faced a knife-wielding killer in a busy shopping centre has been praised, along with the officer who shot him dead.

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Sydney Mall Stabbing Not Terror Related, Police Say

New South Wales police commissioner Karen Webb stated that the recent Sydney mall stabbing attack is not terror-related, but the investigation is ongoing.

The Guardian - AU

Police officer who shot Bondi Junction attacker wielding a ‘massive’ knife hailed as a hero

Anthony Albanese has praised a lone police officer who pursued a man on a stabbing spree, saying ‘there is no doubt that she saved lives through her action’

The Guardian - AU

Chris Minns orders review of termination payouts for senior NSW public servants

Premier says review of public money spend is ‘appropriate and necessary’ after Guardian Australia reveals $700,000 was paid out to former NSW police media officers

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