Sydney stabbing: Baby hurt in shopping mall attack out of hospital

A baby girl injured in the stabbing attack in a Sydney mall has been has been released from hospital.

Joel Cauchi, 40, sent the crowded complex into panic when he began stabbing people with a long blade

One of the brothers told 9News Sydney: “We were just shopping and saw the man run up to the woman with the baby and then we were both ready to go and help out.

“But I just said to my brother, ‘We’ve got to run in’ – [we] ran in, told the guys to lock up the doors and then the mother came with the baby bleeding, stabbed, and we got them into the store and just got them safe and then rang for help.”

He added that his brother “helped with holding the baby, and trying to compress the baby, and [the] same with the mother – trying to compress the blood from stopping, and call the ambulance and the police.”

The baby girl was in hospital after the attack, along with several others

A special force has been created to investigate the attack, with New South Wales Police saying it could take months to present its findings.