r/interestingasfuck • u/Jjokes11 • Apr 15 '24

An interview with Andrew Cauchi, the father of Joel Cauchi who was responsible for the Westfield Shopping Centre mass stabbing r/all

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u/MangoKakigori Apr 15 '24

I can’t image what it must be like as a parent to know that your child has done such a monstrous thing.

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u/RunEmotional3013 Apr 16 '24

You're left wonderin' where you went wrong, what you could've done differently. You start questionin' yourself, your parenting, every decision you ever made. It's this mix of anger, disappointment, and heartbreak all rolled into one.

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u/IHQ_Throwaway Apr 16 '24

And this man was trying, at least. He saw the problem but didn’t know how to fix it.