Mourners gather in Sydney for the funeral of 10-year-old Matilda Britvan, the youngest victim slain in the Bondi Beach terror attack against a Hanukkah event.
“Matilda is our little ray of sunshine,” says the rabbi leading the service, reading out a message from her school.
“She is genuinely the most kind, caring and compassionate young girl, who brightened everyone’s day with her radiant smile and infectious laugh.”
Black-clad mourners clutched bouquets of lilies as they filed into the funeral at Sydney’s Chevra Kadisha, a Jewish society responsible for customary burial rites.
Others held balloons emblazoned with pictures of bumblebees, a reference to the young girl’s nickname “Matilda Bee.”
Photos taken in the hours before the first bullets were fired showed the young girl stroking animals at a petting zoo and smiling after having her face painted.
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