Trump Praises Man Who Disarmed Sydney Mass Shooter Targeting Jewish Crowd
At least 16 people, including children and the Holocaust survivor Alex Kleytman, were killed and more than 40 injured in an antisemitic attack at a Hanukkah event.
- At the Bondi Beach Hanukkah event, two armed attackers opened fire on Sunday, December 14, 2025, turning the gathering into a mass-casualty shooting, police say.
- Australian authorities said the attack was an antisemitic terrorist act, involving father-and-son alleged shooters, with emergency calls reported around 6:45 p.m.
- Victims included Alex Kleitman, Ukrainian-born Holocaust survivor, and Rabbi Eli Schlanger, with at least 16 killed and more than 40 wounded, aged 10.
- Following the shooting, officers wounded and detained a second suspect hospitalized and in custody while New South Wales police shot one suspect dead and neutralized explosive devices found in attackers' vehicle.
- The death has sparked grief and condemnation across communities, and mourners gathered at the Bondi Pavilion vigils on December 15, 2025, honoring Alex Kleitman.
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Trump Praises Man Who Disarmed Sydney Mass Shooter Targeting Jewish Crowd
U.S. President Donald Trump has spoken about the mass terror shooting that targeted a Jewish Hanukkah event on Sydney’s famous Bondi Beach. The death toll from the Dec. 15 attack stands at 16, including one gunman, with 40 hospitalised, six of whom remain in critical condition. Two police officers are among the wounded. “In Australia as you know there was a terrible attack … and that was an anti-Semitic attack obviously, and I just want to pay m…
A tragic episode has shaken Australia. A mass shooting in the busy Bondi Beach in Sydney left a preliminary balance of 16 people dead—including one of the attackers—and 40 people injured. Preliminaryly, the authorities identified two men, allegedly pro-Palestine activists: Naveed Akram, 24, and his father, 50, both residents of Sydney. According to the first reports, those involved would have spread anti-Semitic slogans on social networks and th…
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