A slain Brisbane bus driver will be formally honoured on Tuesday with a condolence motion by the city council.
Manmeet Alisher, also known as Manmeet Sharma, 29, when he stopped his bus to pick up passengers at Moorooka on Brisbane's southside and an incendiary device was thrown at him.
Moorooka man Anthony O'Donohue, 48, , as well as the attempted murder of the 11 other people on the bus at the time.
Brisbane City Council has set up an appeal to provide financial support to the family of slain bus driver Manmeet Alisher.
Manmeet's brother Amit Sharma and members of his extended family attended a memorial service at the Brisbane Sikh Temple at Eight Mile Plains on Monday evening.
They travelled from India following the attack, and Lord Mayor Graham Quirk, who was also at the service, told those gathered they will do everything they can for Manmeet's family.
"I've set up an appeal to provide some financial support to the family, so that they can be supplied with the necessary funds to come to Australia when they need to during the course of justice," Mr Quirk said.
Independent review ordered
48-year-old Anthony O'Donohue is accused of torching Brisbane bus driver Manmeet Alisher. Source: ABC Australia
Queensland's health minister on Monday said the man accused of the fiery murder of a Brisbane bus driver was a mental health patient.
Cameron Dick has ordered an independent review of the mental health care given to 48-year-old Anthony O'Donohue who is accused of torching Brisbane bus driver Manmeet Alisher.
Mr Dick says an independent review, led by forensic psychiatrist Professor Paul Mullen, will report back to the government in eight weeks after a thorough assessment of the adequacy of the care O'Donohue received.
Indian PM Modi calls up Australian PM Turnbull
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Sunday received a call from his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi where the latter expressed his concern over the brutal killing of 29-year-old Indian-origin bus driver Manmeet Alisher.
Manmeet Alisher, a prominent member of the Indian community in Australia on Saturday while being on duty as a bus driver in Brisbane.
A press release read “Prime Minister Modi also conveyed a sense of concern being felt in India over the recent brutal killing of Mr. Manmeet Alisher, a person of Indian origin, in Australia.”
PM Turnbull expressed his shock at the killing and conveyed to PM Modi that the matter is being investigated.
Mourners attend a vigil for murdered bus driver Manmeet Alisher at a Sikh temple in Brisbane, Oct. 31, 2016. Source: AAP
