Shoppers felt an overwhelming sense of loss as they returned to the eastern suburbs mall on Friday.
NSW Police have asked for tougher knife-crime penalties despite data showing the overall rate of violent crimes involving blades has steadily fallen over the last decade.
Almost 11 years ago,Marina Solar was leaving a chemist in Leichhardt when her son,who has schizophrenia,stabbed her in the back of the neck with a serrated kitchen knife.