Twenty minutes of terror inside Westfield Bondi Junction

Witnesses have recounted the terrifying period when Joel Cauchi murdered six people in the busy shopping centre in Sydney’s eastern suburbs.

Gus McCubbing, Les Hewitt and Campbell Kwan

Apr 19, 2024 – 6.00pm

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Yohan Philip didn’t think anything was out of the ordinary when he saw children running. It was when adults dropped their bags and started bolting that the adrenaline kicked in.

The 29-year-old doesn’t want to set foot in Westfield Bondi Junction again after witnessing the horrific murder of Jade Young, 47, and Faraz Tahir, 30, two of the six people killed by Queensland man Joel Cauchi, alongside Ashlee Good, 38, Pikria Darchia, 55, Yixuan Cheng, 27, and Dawn Singleton, 25.

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Gus McCubbingReporterGus McCubbing is a journalist at the Australian Financial Review in Melbourne.

Les HewittSenior interactive graphics designerLes Hewitt is senior interactive graphics designer for The Australian Financial Review.

Campbell KwanReporterCampbell Kwan covers commercial and residential real estate for The Australian Financial Review, based in the Sydney newsroom. He was previously the breaking news reporter.