Six people who died in a stabbing mass murder at a Sydney shopping centre have been remembered at a candlelight vigil as a community vows not to forget Australia’s worst mass killing in years. Hundreds attended the candlelight vigil at Bondi Beach as night fell on Sunday, eight days since Sydney was shaken by a terrifying half-hour in which a man rampaged through a shopping centre armed with a knife, killing six and badly injuring a dozen others.
“We keep this vigil for them — to honour all they were, to pay respect to all they meant,” he said. A local brass band played as mourners filed in, while a choir sang Amazing Grace after a minute’s silence. The vigil followed the news that a nine-month-old baby wounded in the attack had been discharged from hospital. Six people were killed in the tragedy: Ashlee Good, 38, Dawn Singleton, 25, Jade Young, 47, Pikria Darchia, 55, Yixuan Cheng, 27, and Faraz Tahir, 30.