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A 10-Year-Old Girl, a Holocaust Survivor and a French Citizen. These Are the Victims of the Bondi Beach Shooting
Multiple gunmen opened fire at a Hanukkah event killing 16 and injuring 40 including two officers; explosives and raids followed, police said.
- On Sunday, a terror attack struck a Hanukkah gathering at Bondi Beach, killing sixteen people including 10-year-old Matilda whose family withheld her surname; two gunmen, Sajid Akram, 50, and Naveed Akram, 24, were involved with one suspect killed and the other hospitalized.
- The suspects had prior contacts with law enforcement and licensing records show the son was known to New South Wales police while Sajid Akram, 50, held a firearms licence with six weapons.
- Eyewitness Kayla Phelan recalled hearing gunfire she first mistook for fireworks, saying the shootings began 20 minutes before a planned 7pm meet-up.
- Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and NSW Premier Chris Minns held a press conference in Sydney, joined by NSW Police and Ambulance commissioners as Bondi's beachfront remained sombre with shuttered cafes and a makeshift memorial on Monday.
- Police raided a linked address in Bonnyrigg, western Sydney, made two arrests, and found improvised explosive devices in a car near the scene while authorities have not ruled out a third attacker.
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