The security guard killed in the Bondi Junction massacre died protecting those around him, those close to him have revealed. Faraz Tahir, 30, was working as a security guard at Westfield Bondi Junction on Saturday afternoon when Queensland man Joel Cauchi, 40, stormed the busy shopping centre wielding a knife, sending it into lockdown. Cauchi … Read more
The police officer who stopped a man’s killing spree at a Sydney shopping centre has been praised for her “enormous courage and bravery”. The Royal family has been among those to pay tribute to Inspector Amy Scott after she shot dead 40-year-old knife-wielding man Joel Cauchi in the Westfield shopping centre at Bondi Junction on … Read more
The man who killed six people in a stabbing rampage at one of Sydney’s busiest shopping centres has been identified as a 40-year-old from Queensland. Dressed in a green rugby league jersey and matching shorts, Joel Cauchi fatally stabbed six people in Sydney’s deadliest attack in years. Videos of chaotic scenes inside Westfield Bondi Junction … Read more
A man has died after a truck, carrying plane fuel, crashed into a tree in northern NSW. NSW police said emergency services were called to reports of a truck crash on Clifton Road in Gunnedah about 8am on Saturday. Paramedics treated the 22-year-old male driver, but he died at the scene. Newsletters: Breaking news as … Read more
A boy has died and another is in a serious condition in hospital following a stabbing near a school in Sydney’s west. Police were called to Power St, near Crawford Public School in Doonside, about 3.40pm on Friday. Before officers could arrive, two teenaged boys presented to Blacktown Police Station with serious stab wounds. Newsletters: … Read more
A 30-year-old truck driver has been fined $42,000 after he was pulled over for a routine traffic stop in Walgett, in northern NSW. The Wagga Wagga man was pulled over at about 11.30am on February 2, after NSW Police detected the man travelling at 64km/h in a 50 km/h zone. While speaking to the driver, … Read more
Loved ones hold “serious concerns” for a Sydney bushwalker who has been missing for almost two weeks, with a major search still underway. Seasoned bushwalker Darren Banks, 57, left home for an overnight trip in the Southern Highlands on March 15 and has not been seen or heard from since. His family raised the alarm … Read more
A community on the outskirts of Sydney’s southwest have said they are being terrorised by thieves, and have given up calling police for help. With police stationed 40 minutes away, locals in Tahmoor are calling for more support. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Sydney locals have given up calling triple-0 following youth crime rampage. Newsletters: Breaking … Read more
A man has been charged after allegedly leaving a gel blaster on a Sydney train during peak hour. Distressed passengers found the replica gun sitting on a train seat about 8.10am last Friday as the train stopped at Redfern Station, in the city’s iner south. Passengers said a man left the train at Sydenham when … Read more
A young man who died after clubbing in Barangaroo, in central Sydney, has been remembered as a “hard-working” athlete. Lorcán Branagan, 26, was reported missing on Sunday night after visiting Bungalow8, a club on King St Wharf. On Monday afternoon, police divers found Branagan’s body in the water off Barangaroo. Newsletters: Breaking news as it … Read more
