Mourners gathered to pay tribute to the six killed in a stabbing at an Australian shopping centre.
New South Wales Police identified the man behind the attack at the Westfield shopping center in Bondi Junction on April 13 as Joel Cauchi40.
An officer later shot him dead. fatally stabbing six people -five women and one man- and injured several people, including a nine-month-old baby.
Eight days after the attack, hundreds of people gathered for a candlelight vigil on Bondi Beach. Sydneywhere Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese paid tribute to those killed.
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Photo: AP
Albanese said the meeting was “to mourn all that has been stolen from us.”
“All that has been stolen from us, all the possibilities and potential, all the goodness and humanity, all the love and laughter of the six lives taken,” the prime minister added.
“Honor all that they were and respect all that they meant, all the years of joy they should have known, all the memories they should have had the opportunity to create.”
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Photo: AP
After Albanese’s speech, the crowd observed a minute’s silence before NSW Premier Chris Minns said “this week we saw a single abandoned bouquet on Oxford Street turn into a sea of flowers.” .
He also said the vigil would be an opportunity to “support those who have lost loved ones and remember those who have been murdered.”
Amy Scott, New South Wales police officer who killed Cauchiwas present at the vigil.
Photo: Reuters
Photo: Reuters
Five of the six dead were women, and authorities previously said they are investigating the possibility that Cauchi targeted women in the attack.
New South Wales officials named the victims as Ashlee Good, 38, Dawn Singleton, 25, Jade Young, 47, Pikria Darchia, 55, Cheng Yixuan, 25, and the security guard. Westfield duty security, Faraz Tahir, 30.
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(Clockwise) Yixuan Cheng, Dawn Singleton, Ashlee Good, Faraz Tahir, Pikria Darchia and Jade Young
good lady tried to save her nine-month-old baby Harriet when she was attacked by a 40-year-old man who suffered from schizophrenia.
She is said to have passed her baby to two men after being seriously injured.
It comes after NSW Health Minister Ryan Park shared on Sunday night that the baby had been discharged from hospital.
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“I can confirm that the child who has been receiving care at Sydney Children’s Hospital following last weekend’s tragic events in Bondi Junction has been discharged,” he said in a statement.
“She continues to receive care from the expert doctors at Sydney Children’s Hospital.”