The devastated parents of the 10-year-old victim of the Bondi massacre say they gave their firstborn child ‘the most Australian name ever’ as people gather to honour her and 14 other dead
What we know about the victims named so far
The silence that fell upon the Bondi Pavilion forecourt was not the silence of peace, but the heavy, leaden quiet that follows an explosion of hate.
Under the gathering dusk, a community stood bowed, its grief focusing on the most poignant loss: 10 year-old Matilda, the youngest victim of Sunday’s terrorist attack by two gunmen that has so far claimed 15 innocent lives.
Valentyna and Michael (surnames withheld on family request) who came to Australia as Ukraine immigrants before the invasion by Russia, articulated a heartbreak too vast to fully comprehend.
