Coronial inquest into 2024 incident also told killer had ‘preoccupation with death and murder’ before fatally stabbing six peopleElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastThe man who fatally stabbed six people in a Sydney shopping centre last April had a “preoccupation with death and murder” and made online searches for serial killers and the Columbine school shooters in the days before his attack, a court has heard.It also heard that at the moment the attack began, the sole CCTV security room operator had been using the bathroom and re-entered the CCTV room less than two minutes later, towards the end of the man’s stabbing rampage.Sign up for the Afternoon Update: Election 2025 email newsletter Continue reading...