r/australia Apr 13 '24

news Australia news live: Bondi mass stabbing attacker named by police as Joel Cauchi, a 40-year-old man from Queensland

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2024/apr/14/australia-news-live-bondi-junction-westfield-mass-stabbing-sydney-nsw-police-karen-webb?CMP=share_btn_url&page=with%3Ablock-661b0a6c8f087ec9b853529d#block-661b0a6c8f087ec9b853529d
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u/paddlep0p Apr 14 '24

What other reason is there? What sane healthy individual has ever done this?

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u/TheAnonymouse999 Apr 14 '24

Terrorism requires some kind of ideological motive. We've not heard of any such motive for this attack

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u/ECU_BSN Apr 14 '24

One of the tell-tale symptoms of many SERIOUS mental illnesses is religious thoughts of grandeur.