Gun-shy Australia, reeling from knife crime, weighs public security settings

Police at the Assyrian Christ The Good Shepherd Church in Sydney on April 16, the day after a knife attack took place.

"I've been in a shopping centre and I've caught people stealing and I can't do anything, I can just watch them walk," he added. Roland Springis, a security guard who has worked in malls, has collected more than 3,000 signatures in three days for a Change.org petition calling for more protective equipment.Queensland state Premier Steven Miles said the stabbing at the Bondi mall added weight to the argument to extend warrantless stop-and-searches by police, local media reported.

As part of the Bondi Junction mall reopening on April 19, all 37 Westfield shopping centres nationally will have an increased security presence, local media reported, citing the company.Political leaders and policy experts pointed to the stabbings as reminders about how much worse a public attack could be if it was easier for the perpetrator to get a gun.

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