Australia’s most iconic architectural monument has been illuminated with a solemn black ribbon to reflect the country’s anguish following Saturday’s Bondi massacre.
The knife attack at Bondi Junction Westfield in Sydney’s eastern suburbs left six innocent people dead and more in hospital.
As night fell on Monday, the Sydney Opera House, the central marker of Sydney’s global city status and Australia’s most beloved piece of architecture, was transformed with a black ribbon projected onto its legendary curved white sails.
Hours earlier, flags flew at half-mast in honor of the victims.
A black tape was projected at the Sydney Opera House on Monday night, two days after six people died during the deadly Bondi Junction massacre (pictured).
The black ribbon is a symbol of remembrance or mourning and is displayed as a public symbol of comfort.
On Sunday, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced that all Australian government buildings, including Parliament in Canberra, would lower their flags in “mourning and respect.”
Detectives are still working to gather evidence over the horrific stabbing at a shopping center in Sydney’s east that left seven people dead, including attacker Joel Cauchi.
The victims have been identified as Yixuan Cheng, Pikria Darchia, Dawn Singleton, Faraz Tahir, Jade Young and Ashlee Good.
Eight injured remain in hospital with stab wounds, one of them in critical condition and two in serious but stable condition.
The remaining five, including a nine-month-old baby, are in stable condition.
Cauchi was shot dead by the only police officer, Inspector Amy Scott, who was the first to arrive on the scene.
The 40-year-old has battled mental health issues, including schizophrenia, since he was a teenager.
Anthony Albanese (pictured laying flowers at the mall) announced that all government buildings would lower their flags to half masks as a sign of “mourning and respect.”