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Six people died on Saturday after they were stabbed in a terrifying frenzy at Sydney's Bondi Junction Westfield, sending shockwaves across Australia and the rest of the world. Follow here for rolling coverage as police provide updates on the incident and other details are shared.
The heroic shopper dubbed ‘bollard man’ who was filmed standing at the top of an escalator trying to save other shoppers during the chaos on Saturday has been identified as a French tradie.
A viral scene during the Westfield stabbing rampage showed the knifeman walking up an escalator while the previously unknown man, armed with a metal bollard, confronted him and blocked his path.
“This Aussie man took on the armed attacker in Bondi Junction Shopping Centre, Sydney - putting his own safety at risk to save others,” hailed one woman who shared the footage to X.
Bollard man.
That man has been identified as French construction worker Silas Despreaux, The Sydney Morning Herald reports.
A friend, who had been with him the morning of the attack, told the paper: “He’s OK. It’s a very strange thing for someone… I haven’t had much of a chance to speak to him since, he has been busy with police I think.”
Despreaux has reportedly lived in Sydney for several years, and works for a small, local construction firm.