‘I was terrified’: security guard in charge tells Bondi Junction stabbings inquest communication difficulties caused delay in warning

CCTV footage shown to an inquest into the Bondi Junction stabbings examined the movements of the security guard assigned chief warden on the day of the fatal incident. Photograph: Steven Saphore/AAP

A security guard in charge of emergency response the day Joel Cauchi fatally stabbed six people inside a Bondi Junction shopping centre has told an inquest that communication difficulties caused a delay in warning customers about the incident.

The coronial inquest heard that a public emergency announcement was not issued until 17 minutes after Cauchi killed his sixth and last victim, and 14 minutes after a police officer had already shot him dead, an inquest has heard.