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The 'very religious' parents of the killer responsible for the Bondi Junction Westfield shopping centre massacre emerged from their Queensland home on Sunday evening after breaking their silence on the horrific stabbing spree.
Andrew and Michele Cauchi, both in their 70s, declined to speak with media after earlier describing their son Joel Cauchi's murderous rampage as 'truly horrific'.
A neighbour who has lived on the street for more than 30 years visited Mrs Cauchi for about an hour, while a man believed to be a family member was also at the house helping Mr Cauchi with his pigeon coops.
The Cauchis have lived in the Toowoomba suburb of Rockville for 46 years, and last saw their son just a few short months ago when the 40-year-old came for Christmas, but according to neighbours he did not show his face outside during the visit.
One neighbour, Carol, told Daily Mail Australia that Andrew had said Joel was due back home this week to help him reduce the number of pigeons he keeps in aviaries at the back of the property, after he received noise and odour complaints.
Mr Cauchi and an unidentified man stared at the gathered media
On Sunday night, a neighbour who has lived on the street for more than 30 years visited Mrs Cauchi (pictured in the red top) for about an hour, saying 'have a bit of compassion' to the media when she left
Mr Cauchi emerged to feed his pigeons while carrying a headtorch in the pitch black around 7pm (pictured)
However, as he went about his routine of feeding the pigeons while carrying a headtorch in the dark at about 7pm, Carol said she did not see how Mr Cauchi could carry out the task of removing hundreds of pigeons now that his son was dead.
Joel Cauchi was shot and killed by hero NSW Police Inspector Amy Scott on Saturday afternoon, after he stormed the busy shopping centre in Sydney's east with a 30cm hunting knife stabbing shoppers at random.
Six people were killed in the rampage and at least 12 more were rushed to hospital, including a nine-month old baby.
His parents learnt about the horror when they recognised their son from footage on TV and made a frantic phone call to police, but by that stage it was too late.
Andrew Cauchi has lived in the Darling Downs suburb of Rockville for 46 years with his wife Michele (their property is pictured)
A neighbour revealed that Joel (pictured) was due back home this week to help his father reduce the number of pigeons he keeps in aviaries at the back of the property
Cauchi was schizophrenic and police are treating the horrific attack as mental-health related.
The Cauchis said in their statement that they have 'no issues' with her actions or that of the NSW Police.
'We are absolutely devastated by the traumatic events that occurred in Sydney yesterday,' they
