A constabulary serviceman who single-handedly pursued, confronted and changeable dormant a antheral who fatally stabbed six radical astatine a Sydney buying centre volition beryllium publically commended for her bravery.
NSW Police Inspector Amy Scott, hailed a leader for bringing an extremity to Joel Cauchi's stabbing rampage astatine Bondi Junction Westfield, volition judge an grant astatine the Goulburn Police Academy connected Friday.
Insp Scott was performing regular checks adjacent the buying centre erstwhile the incidental unfolded connected the Saturday day of April 13.
After bystanders directed her to the scene, the serviceman approached the 40-year-old Queensland antheral connected level 5 of the analyzable arsenic shoppers fled and others laic injured.
When Cauchi refused to enactment the weapon down, Insp Scott fired 1 changeable to his chest, sending him to the ground.
Inspector Amy Scott (pictured) changeable Joel Cauchi dormant successful the Westfield buying centre successful Sydney's east, aft helium killed six radical and injured galore more, including a baby
Joel Cauchi is pictured carrying the weapon helium utilized to execution six radical successful Bondi Junction
She past walked implicit and gave him CPR until paramedics arrived but Cauchi was incapable to beryllium revived.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese praised the officer's courageousness successful responding to danger.
'There is nary uncertainty that she saved lives,' helium told those gathered astatine a memorial for the victims successful April.
'It's a reminder that those radical who deterioration azygous are radical who unreserved to danger, not distant from it.'
NSW Premier Chris Minns besides praised the officer's 'instinctive bravery' arsenic she 'ran towards danger' and 'without a shadiness of a doubt, saved many, galore lives'.
Mr Cauchi's household aboriginal issued a statement, saying Insp Scott 'was lone doing her occupation to support others, and we anticipation she is coping alright'.
Six radical were killed successful the onslaught with different twelve injured.
Five women - Ashlee Good, 38, Dawn Singleton, 25, Pikria Darchia, 55, Jade Young, 47, and Yixuan Cheng, 27 - were killed, on with information defender Faraz Tahir, 30.
Witnesses said that erstwhile Inspector Scott (left) shouted retired 'Put it down' astatine Cauchi (right), the knifeman charged astatine her, leaving her nary enactment but to occurrence astatine him
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