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

Floral tributes in Bondi Junction after six people were killed in a stabbing attack. Photograph: Flavio Brancaleone/AAP

New South Wales police are investigating if Bondi Junction killer Joel Cauchi deliberately targeted women and children as the New South Wales government announces a coronial inquiry into the stabbings.

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.