Councillors pay tribute to Bondi victims
City of Canterbury-Bankstown councillors have paid tribute to the 15 innocent lives lost in Sunday’s terror attack at a moving public memorial at Bondi Beach today.
The councillors joined Waverley Mayor Will Nemesh and hundreds of others to lay flowers and pray for those killed at a festival to celebrate Hanukkah.
In a show of support for the Jewish community, and all those impacted by the tragedy, Mayor Nemesh led a procession of mayors, who travelled from across NSW, to walk from the Bondi Pavilion to the “sea of flowers”.
Walking shoulder to shoulder, they moved slowly through the crowd, with each placing flowers and messages of hope and love.
The mayors had been invited to show the solidarity and support that exists in communities right across NSW.
Today’s service was made even more difficult, as only a short distance away, the youngest victim of the day, 10-year-old Matilda, was being farewelled by her family and friends at her funeral.
City of Canterbury-Bankstown Mayor Bilal El-Hayek released a statement following the attack, condemning the cowardly act and confirming our commitment to stamping out antisemitism and hate speech in all its forms.
“We pray for all those who have lost their lives, those injured and all those selfless heroes and first responders.”
Canterbury-Bankstown Council will continue to fly its flags at half-mast during this period of mourning.
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