Mass shooting on Australia’s Bondi Beach, briefly explained
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Investigators are probing a trip the father and son alleged to have carried out the attack took to the Philippines. The Sydney Opera House was lit up with a menorah overnight in a message of support and solidarity to the Australian Jewish community.
Home Affairs minister Tony Burke has been met with shouts of “shame on you,” and “blood on your hands,” as he paid his respects to the 15 innocent victims of the terrorist attack at Bondi Beach. A vigil was held outside the Bondi Pavilion on Monday night to honour the lives lost in Australia’s deadliest mass shooting in decades.
Two people with guns - who police later confirmed to be father and son - opened fire at Bondi Beach in an attack targeting the Jewish community, who were celebrating the first day of the Jewish festival of lights, known as Chanukah. A total of 14 people died at the scene with a 10-year-old girl and 40-year-old man dying in hospital, police said.
A woman tells the BBC she acted as a "human shield" for her baby during the deadly attack on the Jewish community in Sydney.
NSW Police are responding to reports of an active shooter at Bondi Beach in Sydney. NSW Police has urged people at Bondi Beach to take shelter and others to avoid the area. NSW Police are responding to reports of an active shooter at Bondi Beach in Sydney.