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Sydney mall attacker may have targeted women, police say, as more details emerge of his six victims

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By Helen Regan and Sandi Sidhu, Teele Rebane, Dhruv Tikekar, CNN (CNN) — Australian police said Monday that the attacker who fatally stabbed six people at a busy shopping mall in Sydney’s beach suburb of Bondi may have been targeting women, as heartbreaking details emerged of those who lost their li…

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23 articles, oldest first.

  1. Digital Journal

    Sydney mall attacker identified, 'nothing' to suggest terror motive (opens Digital Journal)

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    Australian police have identified a 40-year-old man who suffered from mental illness as the perpetrator of a Sydney shopping centre stabbing rampage that

  2. Latin Times

    Police Probe Killer's Targeting Of Women In Sydney Mall Attack (opens Latin Times)

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    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

  3. Fox News

    Australian killer's father reveals why son targeted women during deadly stabbing at Sydney mall (opens Fox News)

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    The father of the man who went on a deadly stabbing spree at a busy Australian shopping mall shared why the attack specifically targeted women.

  4. KTVZ Bend

    Sydney mall attacker may have targeted women, police say, as more details emerge of his six victims (opens KTVZ Bend)

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    By Helen Regan and Sandi Sidhu, Teele Rebane, Dhruv Tikekar, CNN (CNN) — Australian police said Monday that the attacker who fatally stabbed six people at a busy shopping mall in Sydney’s beach suburb of Bondi may have been targeting women, as heartbreaking details emerged of those who lost their li…

  5. NBC News

    Australian police investigate why women were targeted in Sydney stabbing attack (opens NBC News)

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    Australian police are examining why a lone assailant who stabbed six people to death in a Sydney shopping mall targeted women while avoiding men.

  6. Herald Bulletin

    Australian police probe why man who stabbed 6 people to death in a Sydney mall targeted women (opens Herald Bulletin)

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    Australian police are examining why a lone assailant who stabbed six people to death in a busy Sydney shopping mall and injured more than a dozen others targeted women while

  7. Time

    Sydney Mall Stabbings: Police Investigate Why Assailant Targeted Women (opens Time)

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    Five women and a male security guard were killed, while most of the 12 victims who survived their wounds were also women, police noted.

  8. The Week

  9. Deutsche Welle

    Australia: Sydney knife attacker may have targeted women – DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    A man went on a rampage with a knife in a Sydney shopping mall, killing six people as he did so. Police continue to interview witnesses and are calling on the public to share video footage with them.

  10. Al Jazeera

    ‘Obvious’ Sydney mall killer targeted women, Australian police say (opens Al Jazeera)

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

  11. Forbes

    Sydney Attacker Likely Deliberately Targeted Women, Police Say (opens Forbes)

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    A mass stabbing incident at a Sydney mall on Sunday left six people dead, five of whom were women.

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