The multiple knife attack in which six people were murdered this Saturday in a Sydney shopping center has shocked Australia. The attack carried out by Joel Cauchi, 40, caused the immediate death of four women and a man, in addition to another woman who died hours later in the hospital.
Ashlee Good, 38, is among those killed. This is a mother who was there with her nine-month-old baby, who was also injured. However, this mother’s determination made her own daughter survive. Good handed her baby into the hands of a stranger, who were in the shopping center, when he saw that she was not going to continue, after receiving several stab wounds from the attacker, and that she could not take care of her little girl. .
“The baby was stabbed. The mother was stabbed and she came to me and handed me the baby,” the man told Channel 9 News.
The nine-month-old girl is doing well after undergoing emergency surgery after the attack, her family reported this Sunday. In a statement reproduced by ABC state television, the girl’s relatives indicated that “after hours of surgery,” the little girl “is now fine” and mourned the death of her mother.
“Today we are overwhelmed by the terrible loss of Ashlee, a beautiful mother, daughter, sister, partner, friend and exceptional human being,” reads the statement, in which the family members are grateful for the support from the population and the efforts of the medical team. who saved the baby’s life.
In addition to Good, the Police identified this Sunday four other fatal victims of the attack perpetrated on Saturday at the Westfield Bondi Junction shopping center by Joel Cauchi, a 40-year-old man who was killed at the scene of the crime by a police officer.
So far the authorities have identified Dawn Singleton, a 25-year-old woman, daughter of millionaire Australian businessman John Singleton; Faraz Tahir, a Pakistani man who worked as a security guard; Jade Young, a 47-year-old woman; and Pikri Darchia, a 55-year-old designer.
Only one man, Tahir, died in the attack, which has given rise to speculation about Cauchi’s special fixation on women when he carried out his attack, although the Police prefer not to give details on this at the moment.
According to the police report, the assailant entered the popular Westfield Bondi Junction shopping center at 3:10 p.m. local time (5:10 GMT) on Saturday, left shortly after and returned about ten minutes later, when he attacked several people with a knife. people.
The injuries caused the immediate death of four women and a man, while another stabbed woman died hours later in the hospital, and left twelve others injured.
After receiving the alert call, a police inspector went to the scene, where she confronted the aggressor, who turned towards her with a knife in his hand, so the agent “fired a firearm” at him.
The agent performed resuscitation maneuvers on the suspect while waiting for medical personnel, who could not prevent his death.
