A °ÂÁ´ guard Éé½ý¤µ¤»¤ëd in the Westfield Bondi Junction rampage which killed his Ʊν can't sleep and has 'lots' of nightmares of the harrowing ordeal as he ÌÀ¤é¤«¤Ë¤¹¤ë¡¿Ï³¤é¤¹d his new co-ϫƯ¼Ô's final words.
°ÂÁ´ guard Muhammad Taha?was ¤ÎÃæ¤Ç a dozen Éé½ý¤µ¤»¤ëd when he was stabbed in the stomach by Joel Cauchi as he attacked innocent bystanders in a frenzied attack on April 13.
Five women and °ÂÁ´ guard Faraz Tahir were stabbed to death in the attack that shocked Australia.?Mr Tahir was killed on his first day on the ¿¦¶È.
On Friday, Mr Taha ´Ê·é¤Ë left hospital to ¡Ä¤Ë½ÐÀʤ¹¤ë Mr Tahir's funeral at Marsden Park in Sydney's west.
Unable to walk and still wearing a hospital gown and bracelet, Mr Taha bravely ÌÀ¤é¤«¤Ë¤¹¤ë¡¿Ï³¤é¤¹d he is haunted by nightmares and has trouble sleeping after what he saw.
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'What happened there, I can't forget that,' he told reporters.
'It is unimaginable and still if I think about it, it's very painful.
'The ³°½ý¡¿¥·¥ç¥Ã¥¯ is horrific.
'Even when I try to sleep, I have all the things in my mind going on and it's very painful.'
Mr Taha also met and spoke with his Ʊν's heartbroken family who travelled from Pakistan for the funeral.
He and Mr Tahir had been ³ôing stories about their families »Ù±ç¤¹¤ë in their Êì¹ñ of Pakistan moments before the Â纮Íð.
'I just talked to his family about what he was doing with me and what were his last words and what he was like, ³ôing his experience and his ¿¦¶È because it was his first day,' Mr Taha said.
'They were keen to know what was his last words because he was with me.'
The pair had been walking through Westfield when they heard people ¶«¤ÓÀ¼¤ò¤¢¤²¤ëing and pointing in the direction of the ¹¶·â¼Ô.
'His last words to me were, 'Let's see what's going on', and we µÞ¤°d ¤Ë¸þ¤«¤Ã¤Æ that area,' Mr Taha ²òǤ¤¹¤ëd.
He also ¾ÜºÙ¡Ê¤Ë½Ò¤Ù¤ë¡Ëd how the pair ľÌ̤¹¤ëd Cauchi, 40, moments before µÞ¤°ing to the ±ç½õ¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ë of his stabbed Ʊν.?
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'We were not aware if there were one Áª¤Ó½Ð¤¹¡¿ÆÈ¿È or ¿½Å¤Î people, we were trying to save people by ÈòÆñ¤µ¤»¤ëing them and telling them to go to the °ÂÁ´¤Ê place,' Mr Taha said.
'We µÞ¤°d ¤Ë¸þ¤«¤Ã¤Æ that area in the ¾¦Å¹³¹ and he (Mr Tahir) was like two or three steps away from me and the ¡Ê¿Í¤¬¡Ë·²¤¬¤ë at that moment.
'The ¹¶·â¼Ô just jumped ¤Ë¸þ¤«¤Ã¤Æ him and he suddenly stabbed him.
'All of a sudden he jumped ¤Ë¸þ¤«¤Ã¤Æ me.
'I tried to stop him, ľÌ̤¹¤ëing him at the same time, but somehow he managed to ¤ò»É¤¹ me ƱÍͤË.'
Mr Taha was so ¾ÇÅÀ¡Ê¤ò¹ç¤ï¤»¤ë¡Ëd on helping his Éé½ý¤µ¤»¤ëd Ʊν that he ºÇ½é didn't realised he had also been stabbed.
'I tried to ÆÀ¤ë¡¤¤È¤é¤¨¤ë him and I ²¡¤·¿Ê¤á¤ëd him ¤Ë¸þ¤«¤Ã¤Æ the µÄĹ¡¤»Ê²ñ¤ò̳¤á¤ës and sofas in the cafe and I managed to ±³¡Ê¤ò¤Ä¤¯¡Ë him É餫¤¹¡¿·âÄƤ¹¤ë,' he said.
He was unaware Mr Tahir had died until four days later.
Australian ÁíÍýÂç¿Ã Anthony Albanese and NSW ¼óÁê Chris Minns were ¤ÎÃæ¤Ç ²ñÁò¼Ôs at Mr Tahir's funeral on Friday afternoon.
'We grieve with you,' Mr Albanese told Mr Tahir's family at the service.?
'We ò¤¯¡¿Åé¤à for everything that was taken from us. He died a ¹ñ²È¤Î hero.'?
Family and friends began ¤È¤¸¹þ¤ß¡¿Äó½Ð¤¹¤ëing into the Baitul Huda ¥¤¥¹¥é¥à¶µ»û±¡ at Marsden Park ¤ÎľÁ°¤Ë midday to honour Mr Tahir.
After ¸«²ò¡Ê¤ò¤È¤ë¡Ëing Mr Tahir's ÃÄÂΡ¿»àÂÎ, older brother Mudasar Bashir said he was bidding Ê̤ì¤Î¡Ê¸ÀÍÕ¡¤²ñ¡Ë to his 'jolly' brother after some six years apart.
'When I saw him, I just said, 'It's been six years and now I'm ²ñ¹ç you.' Finally, and for the last time,' Mr Bashir told ²ñÁò¼Ôs.
Mr Bashir, joined by his other two brothers, said he ³ôd an 'emotional and painful' final conversation with his brother.
'He was going through such hard moments, but every time we spoke to him he said, 'I'm okay. I'm good',' he said.
'He said, 'I'm happy this is a good country. I will spend a good life here, because this country is ²òÊü¤¹¤ë¡¿¼«Í³¤Ê.
'I have freedom here. I can say that I am an Ahmadiyya ¥¤¥¹¥é¥à¶µÅÌ and I can go to the ¥¤¥¹¥é¥à¶µ»û±¡.''
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