US EditionBondi shooting death toll rises to 16, including a child, after gunmen targeted Australia's Jewish community
Two gunmen, identified as father and son, killed 16 people at a Sydney Hanukkah event amid a rise in antisemitic violence, officials said.
- On Saturday, a Hanukkah event at Bondi Beach killed 11 people as messages spread across Sydney and police and paramedics rushed to the scene.
- Rabbi Eli Schlanger was killed in the attack, and Rabbi Lei Wolff, Central Synagogue in Sydney, went to Bondi soon to urge global support for Australia's Jewish community.
- Multiple witnesses reported prolonged gunfire at Revesis Bar, Bondi, lasting at least seven or eight minutes, with almost a dozen people covered in blood and people allowed to leave after about 20 minutes.
- Lifeguards improvised by using surfboards to move the wounded once the threat subsided, while parents messaged children and teenagers and police cars and ambulances filled the streets.
- International witnesses described panic on Saturday, with Josh Campbell, from Greystones, Co Wicklow, and a young Irishman recounting frantic scenes in bars while reporters found many traumatised.
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At Bondi Beach in Sydney, the fire at a Jewish festival has been opened – there are many injured and also dead. The police announce further details.After the attack on a Jewish festival in Sydney, Australia, the investigators identified the two attackers as their father and son. This was reported by the police at a press conference.The 50-year-old father had been shot by operatives at the crime scene.The 24-year-old son was arrested and sent to …
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