Pig heads have been tossed on to the graves of Muslim people at a Sydney cemetery following the Bondi Beach terror attack on Sunday.
Ahmad Hraichie posted a video of four decapitated heads lying on top of graves at Narellan Cemetery, which is west of Bondi Beach where 16 people were killed in a terrorist attack on the Jewish community at a Hanukkah event.
He uploaded the graphic image on his Instagram account called The Muslim Undertaker. He said in the post that the act “only fuels anger, pain and division”.
The post said: “We do not need more people being revved up and amped up by cowardly actions like this.
“These people in those graves were dead long before what happened yesterday.” He added that cemeteries should be a places of “rest, dignity and respect”.
On Sunday at around 6.47pm local time, attackers Sajid Akram, 50, and his son Naveed Akram, 24, opened fire on people gathered in the Archer Park area of Bondi Beach.
Sajid was shot dead by police, and his son is currently in hospital in a critical condition.
Dr Jamal Rifi, a prominent figure in Sydney’s Islamic community, told news.com.au: “What they have done is not condoned by any of us and it is killing innocent civilians.
“We know it is a verse in our book, killing an innocent civilian is the same as killing all humanity.”
He said they would not perform funeral rites or receive the bodies of the shooters.
Dr Rifi added: “There is an elderly lady that is well respected in our community. She passed away last night and her body is going to be washed at funeral services today.
“We usually do it inside the mosque with some gathering for the next three days but due to circumstances, we are not going to do that.”
One of the 16 victims who has been identified so far is London-born Rabbi Eli Schlanger. He grew up in Temple Fortune, north London, but lived in Sydney for the past 18 years. He has family members at Kinloss Synagogue in Finchley, Jewish News reported.
Mr Schlangr’s brother-in-law, Rabbi Mendel Kastel, said the family was "broken". He told Reuters: “They have fallen apart.”
