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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Kelly Burke

INSANE: Remember her name heartbreak in bondi as huge crowd mourns matilda - The Real Truth

The parents of 10-year-old shooting victim, Matilda, at a memorial in Bondi for her and the other 14 people killed by two gunmen.
The parents of 10-year-old shooting victim, Matilda, at a memorial in Bondi for her and the other 14 people killed by two gunmen. Photograph: Flavio Brancaleone/Reuters

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.

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