‘Strong Gun Laws’ Stopped Deaths in Bondi Attack, Says Australian Prime Minister

‘If it was an automatic gun, then we would have been speaking about hundreds of deaths,’ Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said.

Flower tributes are seen at Oxford Street Mall alongside Westfield Bondi Junction in Sydney, Australia, on April 14, 2024. Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has touted the country’s “strong gun laws” for preventing hundreds of deaths in the recent Bondi stabbing attack.

On Saturday April 13 at the Westfield Bondi Junction Shopping Centre in the eastern suburbs of Sydney, a knife-wielding man, Joel Cauchi, killed six people and wounded 12 others.