Sunday, April 14

Contents:

1. 6 Dead, Multiple Injured After Deadly Stabbing Attack in Sydney Mall

2. Fact of the Day

3. Quote of the Day

4. Word of the Day

Six people are dead after a stabbing attack at a large mall in Sydney, Australia, but the attacker has been shot dead. Chaos ensued after 40-year-old Joel Cauchi came into the Westfield Bondi Junction mall wielding a long, dangerous blade and immediately started to fatally stab the surrounding crowd. He seems to have been targeting women, as five of the six victims were women. Multiple people were also injured, including a baby whose mother was killed, and the nine-month-old infant is still in the hospital. However, before he could stab anyone else, a single officer, Inspector Amy Scott, rushed into the area and quickly killed the attacker using her gun as he raised his knife towards her. She is being hailed across the country for her brave actions that may have helped saved the lives of many other people within the mall. Officials stated that the tragedy was most likely related to the attacker's poor mental health, and an investigation is now underway.

Fact of the Day (Reader's Digest): If you laid out the circulatory system of an adult in a continuous line, it would stretch over 100,000 miles. That's equivalent to going around the Earth over 4 times!

Quote of the Day (Gracious Quotes): Your reputation is more important than your paycheck, and your integrity is worth more than your career. (Ryan Freitas)

Word of the Day (Merriam-Webster): Brusque (adj)- A person may be described as brusque when they are talking or behaving in a very direct, brief, and unfriendly way. Brusque can also describe speech that is noticeably short and abrupt.

In a Sentence: We knew something was wrong when our normally easygoing professor was brusque and impatient with our class.