Australia, Jewish and Bondi Beach
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Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese visited a Sydney hospital where he met a man who disarmed an apparent gunman during Sunday's mass shooting in Bondi.
The attack occurred on Bondi Beach during a Hanukkah celebration.
Hundreds had gathered for an event at Bondi Beach called Chanukah by the Sea, which was celebrating the start of the Hanukkah Jewish festival.
A 50-year-old suspect in the Bondi Beach shooting was shot and killed by police and his 24-year-old son, who was investigated previously, is in a coma.
The two men who killed 15 people on Sunday were driven by “Islamic State ideology,” Prime Minister Anthony Albanese told Australia’s public broadcaster.
Police said around 1,000 people had attended the Jewish celebration, which was held in a small park off the beach.
The deadly terror attack at Bondi Beach in Sydney comes amid a significant spike in antisemitic rhetoric and attacks in Australia.
Australian officials said the shooting at a Jewish holiday celebration had been carried out by a father and son. More than three dozen people were hospitalized, including a surviving gunman.