{"id":26558,"date":"2024-04-14T23:56:08","date_gmt":"2024-04-14T23:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/14\/amy-scott-who-is-the-hero-police-officer-who-single-handedly-stopped-sydney-attacker-joel-cauchi\/"},"modified":"2024-04-14T23:56:08","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T23:56:08","slug":"amy-scott-who-is-the-hero-police-officer-who-single-handedly-stopped-sydney-attacker-joel-cauchi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/14\/amy-scott-who-is-the-hero-police-officer-who-single-handedly-stopped-sydney-attacker-joel-cauchi\/","title":{"rendered":"Amy Scott: Who is the ‘hero’ police officer who single-handedly stopped Sydney attacker Joel Cauchi?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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As a knife-wielding man went on a stabbing spree in Sydney’s biggest mall, one lone officer put an end to his deadly rampage. <\/p>\n

Amy Scott single-handedly confronted the attacker, now identified by police as Joel Cauchi<\/strong><\/a>, as he roamed through Westfield Bondi Junction shopping centre having knifed several people<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Inspector Scott pursued Cauchi, and eventually came face-to-face with him on floor five of the complex. As he lunged at her with the blade, she shot and killed him.<\/p>\n

The officer conducted CPR on the 40-year-old until the paramedics arrived but he could not be revived.<\/p>\n

Waverley mayor Paula Masselos told Sky News: “Even [after she shot the attacker], she immediately began applying CPR – that just shows you the dedication of the person and her incredible act of heroism – even then her main concern was for someone who had fallen.”<\/p>\n

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Ms Scott was praised for her heroic actions and bravery after she “ran towards danger”.<\/p>\n

New South Wales (NSW) premier Chris Minns said: “Of course, inspector Amy Scott, who ran towards danger, showed professionalism and bravery and without a shadow of a doubt, saved many, many lives in the last 24 hours.”<\/p>\n

Ms Scott was the first emergency responder on the scene.<\/p>\n

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said she was “certainly a hero” whose actions had saved many more lives.<\/p>\n

“The wonderful inspector who ran into danger by herself and removed the threat that was there to others, without thinking about the risks to herself,” he added.<\/p>\n

Speaking to Sky News Australia, NSW police minister Yasmin Catley said she met with Ms Scott after the attack lauding her “humble” nature.<\/p>\n

“When I met Amy last night… we talked about her going straight into police mode, everything she has been taught during her career and how instinctive it was,” Ms Cately said.<\/p>\n

“When I said to her ‘thank you for your courage’ she said ‘it was not just me, the bystanders around me were so helpful’.”<\/p>\n

“[She was] so humble, it’s just typical of a NSW police officer,” she added.<\/p>\n

Footage shows one bystander confronting Cauchi on an escalator, fending him off with what appears to be a bollard.<\/p>\n

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Police said Cauchi suffered from unspecified mental health issues and investigators are not treating the attack as terrorism-related, and have spoken to Cauchi’s family.<\/p>\n

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Six people, five women and one man, aged between 20 and 55, were killed in the attack<\/strong><\/a> and 12 others remain in hospital including a baby.<\/p>\n

New mum Ashlee Good was named<\/a> <\/strong>as one of the victims.<\/p>\n

The 38-year-old was reported to have passed her baby to two men after she was injured.<\/p>\n

“I was holding the baby. It looked pretty bad,” one of the men told 9News.<\/p>\n

His brother added: “He helped with holding the baby and trying to compress the baby and same with the mother.”<\/p>\n

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Ms Good’s family said that after hours of surgery, the baby was doing well.<\/p>\n

Dawn Singleton, 25, was also killed according to media reports in Australia.<\/p>\n

A third victim was named as Faraz Tahir, 30, by the Australian Pakistani National Association.<\/p>\n

It described him as “courageous” and said he was a Pakistani national who had moved to Australia for work.<\/p>\n

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The fourth victim is 47-year-old Jade Young, an architect.<\/p>\n

The fifth victim of the attack was named as 55-year-old Pikria Darchia, who – according to her LinkedIn profile – worked in Tbilisi, Georgia, as a designer from 2003 to 2013 and described herself as an artist.<\/p>\n

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Police said another victim was from abroad and did not have family in Australia. They added officers were attempting to contact their family.<\/p>\n

The Australian flag will be flown at half-mast on 15 April <\/strong>from all government-linked buildings to honour and mourn the victims of the attack.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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