Sun. Dec 22nd, 2024
alert-–-jade-young-identified-as-victim-of-bondi-junction-westfield-stabbing-horrorAlert – Jade Young identified as victim of Bondi Junction Westfield stabbing horror

A mother-of-two killed in the stabbing horror at Westfield Bondi Junction is the third victim to be identified. 

Joel Cauchi, 40, fatally stabbed six people and injured at least 12 more in a violent rampage at the busy shopping centre on Saturday afternoon. 

Six people, five women and one man, were killed in the attack and several others were injured. 

Jade Young, from Bellevue Hill in Sydney’s east, was among those who died.

Ms Young worked for a Double Bay architectural firm and was a popular member of the Bronte Surf Club. 

Jade Young (pictured), from Bellevue Hill, died in the attack

Jade Young (pictured), from Bellevue Hill, died in the attack

‘This is and will be a difficult time for the community, and we encourage you to seek support from family, friends, fellow club members or to speak to your GP to assist you in processing this tragedy,’ the club said in a statement. 

‘We are here to support the community, and our heartfelt condolences go out to everyone affected.’ 

Mother-of-one, Ashlee Good, died at St Vincent’s hospital on Saturday night, after defending her baby daughter from the knife-wielding man.

Dr Good’s nine-month-old daughter was stabbed in the attack and is in a critical but stable condition at Sydney Children’s Hospital. 

Dr Good, the daughter of former North Melbourne AFL player and board member Kerry Good, was remembered by her family as a ‘beautiful mother, daughter, sister, partner, friend’ and an ‘all-round outstanding human’. 

Ashlee Good (pictured), died at St Vincent's hospital on Saturday night after being stabbed in the rampage

Ashlee Good (pictured), died at St Vincent’s hospital on Saturday night after being stabbed in the rampage

Dawn Singleton, daughter of multi-millionaire businessman John Singleton, also lost her life. 

The 25-year-old, who posted her fiance’s proposal on social media in July, worked for Sydney-based fashion label White Fox Boutique. 

The male victim was working as a security guard at the shopping centre, NSW Police said. 

Two of the six victims were from overseas and have no family in .

At least 12 others, including nine women, two men and Dr Good’s daughter, were hospitalised after suffering stab wounds in the attack. 

NSW Premier Chris Minns said many people ran ‘towards danger’ including Inspector Amy Scott, who shot Cauchi dead at the scene. 

‘To the ordinary members of the public that cornered and confronted a murderer in the Westfield shopping centre, showing what I would call instinctive bravery under terrible circumstances,’ he said.

Dawn Singleton, the 25-year-old daughter of multi-millionaire businessman John Singleton, also lost her life

Dawn Singleton, the 25-year-old daughter of multi-millionaire businessman John Singleton, also lost her life 

‘And of course Inspector Amy Scott, who ran towards danger and showed professionalism and bravery and without a shadow of a doubt, saved many, many lives in the last 24 hours.

‘We’re very, very grateful for the men and women that stood up in Bondi Junction.’

NSW Police Commissioner Karen Webb echoed Mr Minns’ sentiment and commended the state’s first responders for their efforts.

‘My thoughts go out to those people that were in the shopping centre, and as the premier has said, showed a great deal of courage yesterday,’ she said.

‘But also to the emergency services and of course, the police officers who responded to this very traumatic thing.’

NSW Police Assistant Commissioner Anthony Cooke said Cauchi was known to authorities in his home state.

‘We have received no evidence that we have recovered, no intelligence that we have gathered that would suggest that this was driven by any particular motivation, ideology or otherwise,’ he told reporters on Sunday.

‘We know that the offender in the matter suffered from mental health.’

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