{"id":79347,"date":"2024-04-26T20:36:36","date_gmt":"2024-04-26T20:36:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/pakistani-guard-killed-in-sydney-mall-attack-hailed-as-hero-at-funeral\/"},"modified":"2024-04-26T20:36:36","modified_gmt":"2024-04-26T20:36:36","slug":"pakistani-guard-killed-in-sydney-mall-attack-hailed-as-hero-at-funeral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/pakistani-guard-killed-in-sydney-mall-attack-hailed-as-hero-at-funeral\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistani guard killed in Sydney mall attack hailed as hero at funeral"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese hailed as a hero Pakistani security guard Faraz Tahir, killed in Sydney while trying to stop a mass stabbing attack<\/a>, in remarks delivered on Friday at a funeral attended by hundreds.<\/p>\n

Tahir, who would have turned 31 on Wednesday, was on the first day of his job when he became one of six killed this month during the stabbing spree<\/a> at a busy mall in beachside Bondi.<\/p>\n

\u201cRunning toward danger, to protect people he had never even met, without doubt, he helped save lives that day,\u201d Albanese said. \u201cWithout question, Faraz Tahir died a hero.\u201d<\/p>\n

The ceremony was held before a crowd gathered outside Baitul Huda, under a banner that read \u201cLove for all \u2014 hatred for none\u201d.<\/p>\n

Tahir arrived in Australia as a refugee from Pakistan, according to the Ahmadi community of Australia, to which he belonged.<\/p>\n

Mass stabbing attack injured Pakistani security guard Muhammad Taha attends compatriot Faraz Tahir\u2019s funeral prayer at Baitul Huda in Sydney on April 26. \u2014 AFP<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n

Fellow security guard Muhammad Taha<\/a>, injured while trying to stop the attacker, attended in a wheelchair after being released from hospital for the ceremony. He was the last to speak with Tahir as they ran towards the scene of the attack.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were trying to save people at that time and his last words were \u2018Let\u2019s find out what\u2019s going on,\u2019 so we rushed towards that area,\u201d he said in comments reported by the Guardian<\/a><\/em> newspaper.<\/p>\n

Tahir\u2019s brother, Mudasar Bashir, told reporters the two had spoken the evening before and promised to call the next day. They never spoke again.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven until now, we couldn\u2019t believe that he\u2019s no more,\u201d he said at the funeral.<\/p>\n

Joel Cauchi, a 40-year-old who suffered mental health issues, killed five women and Tahir in the mall on April 13 before being shot dead by police.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese hailed as a hero Pakistani security guard Faraz Tahir, killed in Sydney while trying to stop a mass stabbing attack, in remarks delivered on Friday at a funeral attended by hundreds. Tahir, who would have turned 31 on Wednesday, was on the first day of his job when he became […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":79348,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/i.dawn.com\/large\/2024\/04\/261923395819352.png?r=003830","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-79347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t