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'This crime should never have occurred. My son struggled with serious mental health issues,' said Joel Cauchi's father in the family's first public appearance following the deadly Bondi Junction stabbing on Saturday April 13, 2024.
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00:00 Look, knowing that the police are going to shoot him dead,
00:02 if he just raises a knife,
00:04 and he had a fascination with knives,
00:07 you know, look, the police should,
00:10 this crime should never have happened, OK?
00:12 I'm extremely sorry.
00:14 I'm heartbroken for you.
00:15 Look, this is so horrendous.
00:18 I don't know what's wrong with, why he would do this.
00:22 I did everything in my power to help him.
00:24 And I'm loving a monster.
00:25 Ziyu is a monster.
00:28 To me, he was a very chic boy.
00:31 This is a parent's absolute nightmare
00:34 when they have a child with mental illness,
00:36 that something like this would happen.
00:37 Obviously, it was not in his right mind.
00:40 He somehow had been triggered into a psychosis
00:43 and he'd lost touch with reality.
00:45 [BLANK_AUDIO]
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