A Sydney shopping mall where six people died in a stabbing attack held a sombre reopening Thursday, with members of a sorrowful community filing past rows of still-shuttered stores to pay their respects.

Shops will reopen properly on Friday, nearly a week after a 40-year-old man rampaged through the Westfield mall in Bondi Junction.

But Thursday’s “slow reopening” was billed as a chance for shocked Sydneysiders to reflect.

It’s an opportunity to express solidarity and condolences and to “turn the page on what’s been a very difficult period” for the city, said New South
Wales Premier Chris Minns.