The ceremony was held earlier than a crowd gathered exterior the town’s Baitul Huda mosque

Sydney:

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese hailed as a hero Pakistani safety guard Faraz Tahir, killed in Sydney whereas making an attempt to cease a mass stabbing assault, in remarks delivered on Friday at a funeral attended by lots of.

Tahir, who would have turned 31 on Wednesday, was on the primary day of his job when he turned one in every of six killed this month through the stabbing spree at a busy mall in beachside Bondi.

“Working towards hazard, to guard individuals he had by no means even met, doubtless, he helped save lives that day,” Albanese stated. “With out query, Faraz Tahir died a hero.”

The ceremony was held earlier than a crowd gathered exterior the town’s Baitul Huda mosque, beneath a banner that learn “Love for all – hatred for none”.

Tahir arrived in Australia as a refugee from Pakistan, in accordance with the Ahmadiyya Muslim neighborhood of Australia, to which he belonged.

Fellow safety guard Muhammad Taha, injured whereas making an attempt to cease the attacker, attended in a wheelchair after being launched from hospital for the ceremony. He was the final to talk with Tahir as they ran in the direction of the scene of the assault.

“We have been making an attempt to save lots of individuals at the moment and his final phrases have been ‘Let’s discover out what is going on on,’ so we rushed in the direction of that space,” he stated in feedback reported by the Guardian newspaper.

Tahir’s brother, Mudasar Bashir, informed reporters the 2 had spoken the night earlier than and promised to name the subsequent day. They by no means spoke once more.

“Even till now, we could not imagine that he is no extra,” he stated on the funeral. “We’re very happy with him as a result of … Islam, our faith, says that should you save even one human, you save all of humanity.”

Joel Cauchi, a 40-year-old who suffered psychological well being points, killed 5 girls and Tahir within the mall on April 13 earlier than being shot useless by police.

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