Security company at Westfield Bondi Junction scrambled to buy stab-resistant vests after attack, inquest told

Glad Group CEO says the company’s security staff now wear stab-proof vests ‘as uniform’ at shopping centres

The head of the company providing security to Westfield Bondi Junction in Sydney scrambled to buy stab-resistant vests after six people were fatally stabbed, including a member of the security team.

Joel Cauchi, 40, killed Ashlee Good, 38, Jade Young, 47, Yixuan Cheng, 27, Pikria Darchia, 55, Dawn Singleton, 25, and security guard Faraz Tahir, 30, and injured 10 others at Bondi Junction Westfield on 13 April 2024 before he was shot and killed by police officer Amy Scott.

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