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"We felt we should honour a mum in our community" - Vigil held for Sydney stabbing victims

Thousands of people have been gathering for a vigil on Bondi Beach to honour those who died in a stabbing attack in Sydney.

One woman who attended the vigil told the BBC "Ash was 38, I'm 38, our babies are weeks apart. We felt we should come here and honour a mum in our community."

Six people were killed in the attack at Westfield Bondi Junction shopping mall, five of them women, on 13 April.

Joel Cauchi, 40, sent the crowded complex into panic when he began stabbing people with a long blade. He was shot dead by a police officer.