President Emmanuel Macron has paid tribute to two French men for their heroic efforts during the Bondi stabbing massacre.
Six people – including five women and a security guard – were killed during Joel Cauchi’s rampage at Bondi Junction Westfield on Saturday afternoon.
Cauchi, 40, was shot dead by police Inspector Amy Scott.
French national Damien Guerot has been hailed as a hero for confronting the knifeman on an escalator, using a bollard to prevent him from reaching an upper level of the shopping centre where shoppers desperately ran to safety.
‘True hero’: Macron honours ‘bollard man’
His friend Silas Despreaux also blocked Cauchi from reaching a section of the centre where children were playing.
In a post shared to social media on Tuesday night, Macron described the men as “true heroes”.
“Condolences to the Australians struck by an attack in a shopping center (sic) in Sydney on Saturday,” he wrote in French to X – formerly known as Twitter.
“Two of our compatriots behaved like true heroes. Very great pride and recognition.”
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