Joel Cauchi, 40, from Queensland was identified as the attacker by New South Wales police on Sunday.
The man who killed six people in a knife attack at a shopping centre in Sydney was known to police, but had not been arrested or charged before he committed the attack on Saturday, police said.
Queensland Police assistant commissioner Roger Lowe told reporters in Brisbane that Cauchi, who he described “itinerant”, had not been “prosecuted or arrested or charge for any offence within Queensland” and said the force was assisting police in New South Wales with investigations.“He has been in contact with the police, primarily in the last four to five years would be the most contact we have had with him.
“Today we are reeling from the terrible loss of Ashlee, a beautiful mother, daughter, sister, partner, friend, all-round outstanding human, and so much more,” the statement said. “We see the footage of ordinary Australians putting themselves in harm’s way in order to help their fellow citizens,” he said. “That bravery was quite extraordinary that we saw yesterday, the best of Australians amidst this extraordinary tragedy.”
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