Key Factors
- Faraz Tahir’s funeral was held at Baitul Huda Mosque on Friday.
- Mourners paid tribute to the safety guard who was fatally stabbed at Bondi Junction.
- Tahir was on his first day working in safety on the centre and was considered one of six individuals who died.
Tahir was the one male sufferer to die within the assault.
Injured Bondi Junction safety guard Muhammad Taha spoke with Faraz Tahir’s members of the family on the funeral. Supply: AAP / Dan Himbrechts
Jade Younger, 47, Ashlee Good, 38, Daybreak Singleton, 25, Pikria Darchia, 55, and Yixuan Cheng, 27, have been additionally killed.
“He was very courageous and he was robust. The strongest individual in our household clearly, and now in Australia, he was the strongest individual, he was the bravest individual I’ve ever seen,” Bashir mentioned.
Faraz Tahir fled Pakistan as a refugee and got here to Australia in 2022. Supply: SBS Information / Equipped
Tahir was born within the Punjab area of Pakistan.
“He had a lot of goals,” he mentioned.
The Nationwide President of Ahmadiyyan Muslim Neighborhood Australia, Imam Inamul Haq Kauser leads the funeral for Faraz Tahir at Masjid Baitul Huda, in Sydney, Friday. Supply: AAP / Dan Himbrechts
of Australia president Inamul Haq Kauser mentioned “though he was a stranger on this nation… he sacrificed his life for all Australians.”
“I wished to see him,” Taha mentioned.
The family members of safety guard Faraz Tahir remembered the refugee who had sought a greater life in Australia, at his funeral. Supply: AAP / Dan Himbrechts
A blood donation program has been arrange in Tahir’s identify along with the Pink Cross – referred to as ‘Faraz’ Present’.
“We already began it, however yearly we could have the blood donation, we are going to give different blood to avoid wasting the Australians’ life. That shall be (the) legacy for his identify.”