‘Sad and Senseless’: Public Grieve Bondi Attack Victims

A solemn crowd formed to leave condolences and bouquets on level four of the silent shopping centre, where stores will resume trade on April 19.

Members of the public pay their respects at the Westfield Bondi Junction shopping centre during a day of reflection in Sydney, Australia on April 18, 2024. Dion Georgopoulos - Pool/Getty Images

The doors have re-opened at a Sydney shopping centre that was the scene of Australia’s worst mass killing in years.

But there were no customers and shutters on stores remained closed as the site became a place of quiet—and sometimes emotional—reflection while hundreds mourned the six people killed in the stabbing.