Floral tributes for victims of an April 13 stabbing attack in a shopping centre in Sydney. All six victims – except a security guard – were women.
Indeed, of the 17 people stabbed by Joel Cauchi – a 40-year-old man with mental health problems who was shot dead by a police officer – 14 were women. “This is a national crisis,” he told Triple M radio on May 7. “ is having a devastating impact on women and children… How do we deal with not just the impact of violence, how do we stop ?”
Statisticians say it is unclear whether the recent uptick in killings marks a new wave of domestic violence-related murders or is a result of the end of Covid-19 lockdown restrictions, which are believed to have resulted in a reduction in cases from 2020 to 2022.
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