10-year-old girl identified as Sydney terror attack’s youngest victim

A 10-year-old girl has been identified as the youngest victim of the terror shooting targeting a Hanukkah event at Sydney’s Bondi Beach on Sunday.

Local outlets identify the girl by her first name, Matilda. She was a student at the Harmony Russian School in Sydney, and was one of at least 15 people to be killed in the attack.

“Her memory will remain in our hearts, and we honor her life and the time she spent as part of our school family,” the school posts on Facebook, saying the school will remember her “with love, grief, and deep sorrow, and we honor her memory by standing together in compassion.”

A GoFundMe page set up by one of Matilda’s teachers, Irina Goodhew, aims to raise money for her mother.

“I knew her as a bright, joyful, and spirited child who brought light to everyone around her,” Goodhew writes. “Yesterday, while celebrating Hanukkah, her young life was tragically taken. Her memory will live on in our hearts.”

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