Matt Shirvington asks whether there was enough security at Bondi Junction ... trends now
The shock of what happened at Bondi Junction Westfield on Saturday afternoon was turning to anger by Sunday, as questions arose about how one man could stab six people to death.
Sunrise host Matt Shirvington told viewers he could sense the change in mood as he spoke to locals gathered outside the shopping centre about Joel Cauchi's murderous rampage.
'People [are] asking questions as to why,' Shirvington told colleague Michael Usher back in the Network Seven studio.
'How can this guy carry a knife into a busy shopping centre where we know there is security and just start stabbing people?'
Sunrise host Matt Shirvington (above) said there were questioned to be answered about how lone knifeman Joel Cauchi killed six people at Bondi Junction Westfield. Two security guards were reportedly among those stabbed to death
Police were called to Bondi Junction Westfield at 3.20pm on Saturday after 40-year-old Cauchi began chasing men, women and children with a knife.
He stabbed to death four women -believed to be aged between 20 and 55 - and a man aged in his 30s before the first police officer on the scene, Inspector Amy Scott, shot him dead.
Two of those killed were security guards who had been on duty at the time of the attacks.
A fifth woman, Ashlee Good, died of her injuries in hospital. Dawn Singleton, the 25-year-old daughter of multimillionaire John Singleton, was among the dead.
Twelve others - including nine women, two men and Ms Good's nine-month-old bay Harriet- who suffered stab wounds were treated by paramedics and taken to various Sydney hospitals.
Cauchi, who had been treated for schizophrenia, moved from Queensland to Sydney only a month ago and was known to police in his home state.
'We don't fully understand what happened between last month in Queensland and here in NSW, and what sort of treatment he potentially was given, if any at all,' Shirvington said.
'So there are questions being asked about that.
'People are asking questions as to why,' Shirvington told fellow presenter Michael Usher back in the Network Seven studio. 'How can this guy carry a knife into a busy shopping centre where we know there is security and just start stabbing people?' Police are pictured at the scene
'There's also questions being asked to the protocols and whether or not there was enough security on. That's the other issue. But that is something that obviously will be further investigated down the track.'
Usher agreed with his colleague there were questioned that needed to be answered about security arrangements and the handling of Cauchi's mental
