Tragic footage from Westfield Bondi Junction shows bodies being carried away from the shopping complex after a lone assailant fatally stabbed six people and injured many more.
Joel Cauchi, 40, entered the Westfield at 3.10pm and again at 3.20pm before embarking on a violent rampage across several floors of the crowded shopping center armed with a knife.
By Sunday morning, seven people, including Mr Cauchi, had died and about a dozen people were in hospital; nine who were taken from the scene there and three who arrived at medical facilities of their own accord.
Teams are working to remove bodies from the scene on Sunday after six people were killed in an attack at Westfield Bondi Junction in Sydney on Saturday. Photo: NCA NewsWire / Monique Harmer
Police on Sunday named the attacker as Joel Cauchi, a Queensland man. Image: 9 NEWS
Assignment Freelance photo Ash Good was murdered just hours after she posted this photo of her and her baby Harriet. Image: Instagram
Among those in hospital is nine-month-old baby Harriet, whose mother, Ash Good, was killed in the attack.
Dawn Singleton, the daughter of millionaire businessman John Singleton, also lost her life in the attack.
Workers could be seen wheeling bodies wrapped in a maroon bag to the front of a long line of white vans that had arrived to take away the victims and their killer, who was fatally shot by police.
Their faces were dejected as they wheeled the stretchers out of the mall.
Workers appeared dejected as they worked to remove bodies from the scene. Photo: NCA NewsWire / Monique Harmer
The mall will remain closed for the foreseeable future, although arrangements have been made for those who had to flee and leave their cars behind on Saturday.
Acting NSW Premier Penny Sharpe said on morning television that Westfield was cooperating with the government.
“It’s a crime scene. We have to make sure every little detail is captured in detail,” Ms Sharpe said.
The bodies were loaded into white vans, which were stationed outside the center. Photo: NCA NewsWire / Monique Harmer
Police stormed the shopping center on Saturday. Photo: NCA NewsWire / Monique Harmer
There are about 1500 cars locked in the parking lots. Shoppers were told to leave their cars as the mall was locked down.
From 10am NSW time, people would be notified when they could collect their car, Ms Sharpe said.
NSW Police Assistant Commissioner Anthony Cooke said police would “immediately” make arrangements to tell people when they can collect belongings and vehicles from the shopping centre.
