Posted on 04/13/2024 5:14:14 PM PDT by naturalman1975
The hero cop who took down a knifeman, ending his killing spree can be revealed.
NSW Police Inspector Amy Scott came face-to-face with the 40-year-old man dressed in a Kangaroos rugby league jersey and brandishing a knife as she responded to the fatal stabbings of six people in Westfield Bondi Junction on Saturday afternoon.
Witnesses said the officer only had time to yell “put it down” before the knifeman charged her.
After the man lunged at Inspector Scott, she shot him dead.
NSW Police Commissioner Karen Webb said Inspector Scott was “doing well under the circumstances” on Saturday evening. “She showed enormous courage and bravery,” the police commissioner continued, adding Scott was alone when she confronted the suspect. “She will be interviewed tomorrow.”
In 2019, Inspector Scott was recognised at the Rotary Club Police Officer of the Year award ceremony when she received the Demonstrated Courage and Devotion to Duty award.
On Saturday, that courage was on full display, when she met a man on the fifth floor about 4pm, him brandishing a 30cm knife.
The man, who is well known to police, was in the midst of a killing spree.
He had just fatally stabbed six innocent people, and was advancing on the senior officer.
There was only enough time for one warning before he would be upon her.
“Put it down,” she yelled.
The man ignored her and kept advancing.
The woman had no choice. Her years of training and experience kicked in.
She fired.
The bullet went into the man’s chest.
He dropped, bled out and died.
Putting emotions aside, the woman immediately got down on her knees and attempted to save the life of the man she had just shot by giving him CPR until other emergency services officers arrived.
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bttt
Killed 7 people with a knife? Gezzz, I guess none of the citizens are armed.
Good work
“She showed enormous courage and bravery”. She was also the only one allowed to own a gun because she was a cop. If citizens were allowed to own guns in Australia, he probably would have been stopped much quicker.
Thanks for the post NM1975.
Any ideas on additional info re: the attacker, etc?
Stay safe down there!
Aussies used to be fairly well armed. But leftist governments took their guns.
One less MUSLIM in this world.
RE: After the man lunged at Inspector Scott, she shot him dead.
Just love these tender stories with happy endings. Have to keep from letting tears well up.
God bless her.
We’ll I’m glad someone came along with a gun. I bet the all victims wished they had gun. The arrogance of those in governments outlawing self defense for common people is disgusting.
> The man, who is well known to police, was in the midst of a killing spree. <
Other sources have identified the murderer as Joel Cauchi. Lunatic? Mentally ill man off his meds? Muslim convert?
https://www.pedestrian.tv/news/bondi-stabber-identified-joel-cauchi/
A few details have been released about the attacker including his name - Joel Cauchi. He’s being described as being from Queensland and only moving to New South Wales recently, but no detail yet as to where, if anywhere, he came from before that.
No details on ethnicity or religion - Cauchi seems to be a Maltese derived surname, but that’s just from me looking it up on the internet.
Me personally I would be so hopped with adrenaline that CPR would out of the question.
Can’t imagine being that calm.
Always a good day when you can say that. Air is fresh and clean.🌺🌻🌼🌷 Sun is coming out.🌞
Sorry, sick of this myth.
Australians have not been disarmed. There are more guns in private hands in Australia now than at any time in our history.
We’ve never had anywhere near as many per capita as the US, but this misleading crap that we’re disarmed is really getting annoying.
Yes, it would have been nice if somebody near by had been carrying - but the odds are they wouldn’t have been thirty or forty years ago either. We’ve never gone around with six shooters on our hips. It’s not part of Australian culture and never has been regardless of what the law says.
The stabbing attack came just two days after a 36-year-old woman was stabbed at Bondi beach in a brazen midday-attack. The same weekend, two teenagers were stabbed — one fatally — near a school in Doonside. A 16-year-old boy was arrested and charged with murder on Saturday.
This is the part where we are supposed to worship a government with guns, protecting the citizenry from people who should never have been there in the first place.
Suspect....
Reports I saw said the authorities are refusing to identify the “suspect”. Said, though, no terrorism. Victims’ families must feel relieved./S
The stabbings went on including of an infant, until someone with a gun killed the perp. Old story in disarmed wimpy countries.
lol. He’s Jewish. The very Israeli country we’re hoping doesn’t get destroyed.
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