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First Person: RNZ journalist Charlotte Cook is in Sydney to cover the aftermath of the Bondi Beach terror attack, and says people on the street are not returning smiles, because they are holding back the tears.
I have been a journalist for six and a half years, and this is the second terrorist attack I have covered.
I had been a journalist for three months for the first one - Christchurch, 2019.
It has been nearly seven years since then, but the shock and horror here in Sydney feels awfully familiar.
Bondi Beach is a place famous for its beauty, world-class surf, golden sand and blue sea.
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