Bondi Junction stabbings: killer Joel Cauchi may have targeted women and children, NSW police say

While a motive is not yet known, police commissioner Karen Webb on Monday confirmed investigators would look at if Cauchi had been targeting women and children specifically.

The NSW premier, Chris Minns, has also ordered a review of the powers held by security guards, while ruling out handing them firearms or stun guns.

Floral tributes continued to grow outside the eastern suburbs shopping centre that also serves as a service and transport hub for residents and tourists heading to Sydney’s famous beaches including Bondi.

The families of the six Sydney stabbing victims are being offered time to walk through the shopping centre where their loved ones were murdered on Saturday before it reopens to the public.

Emotional residents and loved ones lay flowers at the site during a visit from Westfield’s parent company Scentre Group chief executive Elliott Rusanow on Monday.

“She happily spoke to me at around 3pm and tried on clothes to show me, but I didn’t realise that the attack happened when she hung up the phone,” said the man, surnamed Wang.