Sydney Stabber Was Psychotic, Schizophrenic, Off Medication: Doctors

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Sydney Stabber Was Psychotic, Schizophrenic, Off Medication: Doctors

No one can know the mind of Sydney shopping mall killer Joel Cauchi, but psychiatrists say one underlying cause of his rampage is evident: he had schizophrenia, stopped his medication and fell out of treatment. People have searched for a fathomable motive since the April 13 knife attack at Bondi Junction, in which five women and a male security guard were stabbed to death and another dozen wounded, including a nine-month-old girl. Cauchi's paren…