Stabbing Rampage in Australia Mall, at Least Seven Dead, Cops Say Motive Unclear [UPDATED]

Update 7:58 EST: The BBC reports on the identity of the attacker:

Joel Cauchi, 40, walked through the crowded Westfield Bondi Junction complex on Saturday afternoon, fatally wounding five women and a man.
A nine-month-old baby was among several others injured and remained in a "serious but stable" condition on Sunday, police said.
Authorities say the attack was most likely "related to the mental health of the individual involved".
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He said Mr Cauchi, who was from Queensland, was previously known to police and had bought a storage unit in Sydney.
The assistant commissioner reiterated that the attacker did not appear to be motivated by "any particular ideology or motivation".

Original story:

A knife-wielding man went on a stabbing rampage in a crowded shopping mall in Sydney, Australia on Saturday afternoon. He reportedly stabbed fourteen people, including a baby, and seven people are dead as of this writing. The public, however, need not be concerned, because police are saying the usual things they say after such attacks: he acted alone, there is no ongoing threat, and the attacker’s motive is unclear.

The details of the incident are horrifying. The Daily Mail Australia reported Saturday that “six innocent shoppers, including five women and a man, were stabbed to death before the knifeman was fatally shot by a female senior police officer. Eight others have been rushed to hospital with stab wounds including a nine-month-old baby. The 38-year-old mother of the baby was also stabbed and tragically succumbed to her injuries in hospital on Saturday evening.” The attacker was a “dark-haired, bearded man, wearing a Kangaroos ARL jersey,” who “chased and slashed at shoppers as he went on a wild rampage through Westfield Bondi Junction before he was shot dead by police.”

First images of the man who carried out a terror stabbing rampage in Bondi Sydney today. At least four people are dead and an infant was reported to be among those stabbed pic.twitter.com/X2nN8m84ai
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