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Broadcaster Ray Hadley is leading calls for security guards to be armed in Australia - as questions grow about how one man could stab six people to death.
Six people were seriously wounded before Queensland man Joel Cauchi, 40, was shot dead by police during the terrifying rampage at Westfield Bondi Junction on Saturday afternoon.
Among those stabbed to death was Faraz Tahir, a security guard at Westfield Bondi Junction, while another guard was injured during the rampage.
Mr Tahir was a refugee from Pakistan, and Daily Mail Australia understands it was his first week working as a security guard at the centre.
CCTV footage shows Joel Cauchi walking through the shopping centre while holding a 30cm hunting knife. Cauchi stabbed shoppers at random and killed six people, including two security guards
Most retail security staff in NSW are unarmed, with batons and classified as prohibited weapons that require special licensing and training.
Following the horrific attacks, Hadley has demanded that security guards are armed across the state.
'For years I've been arguing that all security guards in the state in hospitals and shopping centres should be better equipped.
'Particularly in hospitals, the madness of a weekend, drug-affected people wanting to attack doctors and nurses.
'And these poor security guards, unarmed, unable to do what they should do - protecting the people that they are there to protect.
'At the very least, they need capsicum spray and even tasers after being fully trained in their use.
He demanded NSW Premier Chris Minns take urgent action now after the premier announced an independent coronial inquest into the Bondi Junction stabbings.
'I heard Minns say we will wait until the coronial inquiry.
'Minns, you don't need a brand new inquiry. You need to make sure the security guards can keep people safe in some way,' Hadley told listeners.
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