CANBERRA, April 27: Thousands of Australians rallied against violence towards women on Saturday following April’s attack on a Sydney shopping mall that is believed to have been motivated by misogyny, Australian media reported.
The demonstrators gathered for a protest in the centre of Sydney and then marched through the city’s streets, carrying posters with written calls for an end to violence against women and tougher criminal legislation for relevant offences, The Australian newspaper reported.
A woman has been killed every four days in Australia this year, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese stated, vowing to join the rallies on Sunday.
“Violence against women is an epidemic. We must do better. Governments need to do better, and as a society, we need to do better,” he said on X.
In addition to Sydney, protests are also expected to continue throughout the weekend in the Australian cities of Perth, Melbourne, Hobart, and Brisbane, The Australian reported.
On April 13, six people were killed and 12 others injured as a result of a stabbing attack by 40-year-old Australian citizen Joel Cauchi at Sydney’s Westfield Bondi Junction mall. Five of those killed and the majority of those wounded were women, the police said, adding that the offender “focused on women and avoided the men.” The father of the attacker told ABC News that his son had suffered from schizophrenia. Cauchi targeted women because he allegedly wanted to have a girlfriend but did not have the social skills to start a relationship, his father explained. (UNI)
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