Bondi Beach, Hanukkah
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Two gunmen are accused of shooting 15 people dead and wounding 40 others in an attack on a Hanukkah festival in Sydney on Dec. 14.
An event to mark the first day of the Jewish celebration Hanukkah was taking place on Bondi Beach, very close to the bridge where the men were firing from. More than 1,000 were in attendance. Premier Minns also paid tribute to a man filmed wrestling a gun from one of the attackers.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese faced boos at a vigil for Bondi Beach shooting victims Sunday, as some 10,000 mourners gathered to honor those killed.
Three victims of the Bondi Beach terror attack remain in a critical condition more than two weeks after the mass shooting.
For many, official promises to stamp out the “evil scourge” of antisemitism and consider further tightening gun control measures come too late.
A terrorist attack at Bondi Beach, one of Australia’s most popular beaches, left at least 16 people dead and at least 29 others injured.
Well-intentioned commentators have proclaimed anguish that this holiday of “light” and “togetherness” could be marred with a massacre. But that vision of Hanukkah is a lie.
Police reopened parts of Bondi Beach with thousands forming solidarity circle after mass shooting targeting Jewish community left 15 dead.
The two men believed to carry out the attack at a Hanukkah celebration on Bondi Beach that killed 15 people had two pipe bombs and a tennis-ball bomb.