BBC HomepageSkip to contentAccessibility HelpYour accountNotificationsHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeMore menuMore menuSearch BBCHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeCBBCCBeebiesFoodClose menuBBC NewsMenuHomeIsrael-Gaza warCost of LivingWar in UkraineClimateUKWorldBusinessPoliticsCultureMoreTechScienceHealthFamily & EducationIn PicturesNewsbeatBBC VerifyDisabilityWorldAfricaAsiaAustraliaEuropeLatin AmericaMiddle EastUS & Canada’Bollard Man’: Hero who confronted stabber promised Australia visaPublished5 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingThis video can not be playedTo play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.Media caption, The viral video showing Damien Guerot confronting the attackerBy Tiffanie TurnbullBBC NewsA Frenchman who tried to stop a deadly stabbing rampage at a Sydney mall has been promised an Australian visa.Damien Guerot was labelled a hero after footage of him confronting knifeman Joel Cauchi with a bollard during Saturday’s attack went viral.Joel Cauchi killed six people and injured 12 others before he was shot dead by a police officer.The attack in Bondi, which police say seems to have targeted women, has horrified the nation.Amid the outpouring of grief around the country this week, there has also been a push to secure Mr Geurot – whose visa reportedly expires in a month – the right to stay in the country.Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has said he will make sure Mr Guerot – who has been dubbed by some as “Bollard Man” – has no issue renewing his visa.”I say this to Damian… you are welcome to stay for as long as you like,” he said in a press conference on Tuesday.”This is someone who we would welcome becoming an Australian citizen, although that would of course be a loss for France. We thank him for his extraordinary bravery.”Knifeman rampaged through Sydney mall as shoppers ran for their livesSydney stabbings: Who were the victims?The scene of Mr Guerot in a white T-shirt confronting Cauchi on an escalator has been broadcast around the globe. The video shows him wielding a plastic pole to ward him off. Mr Guerot says he and a friend, Silas Despreaux, both construction workers, had just launched into action without thinking – acting on pure adrenalin.”We just saw him coming… we were thinking, ‘We need to try to stop him’,” Mr Guerot said in an interview with Australian TV network Channel Seven on Sunday.Cauchi then turned and fled back down the escalator, with the pair in hot pursuit.”We tried to maybe throw the bollard to him but we couldn’t [get him],” Mr Guerot said.Grabbing a chair, he sprinted after Cauchi on the next level down. At that point, a police officer was also on Cauchi’s tail, and the men directed Inspector Amy Scott to her target. As he lunged at her with the knife, she shot him dead.’Hero’ who took on killer describes Sydney attackThe pro-Kremlin troll and the false Sydney attack claimsPolice are now investigating how and why Cauchi, who is from the state of Queensland, committed such violence.He had lived itinerantly for several years and was first diagnosed with a mental illness at 17, Queensland Police have said.New South Wales Police on Monday said it seems “obvious” that he targeted women, who make up five of the six people killed.The attack – at one of the country’s biggest and most popular shopping centres – has shocked Australia, where mass killings are rare.Flags across the nation have been lowered, the sails of the Opera house lit up in a tribute to the victims, and crowds of mourners have flocked to Bondi Junction to leaving flowers, teddy bears and cards.Related TopicsSydneyAustraliaMore on this story’Hero’ who took on killer describes Sydney attackPublished1 day agoTop StoriesLive. Israel demands sanctions on Iranian missile projectMPs to vote on PM’s smoking ban billPublished1 hour agoCopenhagen’s historic stock exchange in flamesPublished33 minutes agoFeaturesChris Mason: Six things that stand out for me in Liz Truss bookThe Papers: ‘Frantic diplomacy’ over Iran and Trump trial beginsA really, really big election with nearly a billion votersWhat was in wave of Iranian attacks and how were they thwarted?What you need to vote has changed. 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