At least 15 killed in shooting at Jewish festival at Sydney’s Bondi Beach
Citing Australian authorities, media reports say two gunmen attacked a Jewish festival at Sydney’s popular Bondi Beach yesterday, killing at least 15 people and wounding dozens.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese reportedly said the «devastating» mass shooting on Sunday, which police are calling a «terrorist» incident, was «a targeted attack on Jewish Australians on the first day of Hanukkah».
«The evil that was unleashed at Bondi Beach today is beyond comprehension, and the trauma and loss that families are dealing with tonight is beyond anyone’s worst nightmare,» Albanese added.
About 40 people remain in hospital after the shooting, according to a police statement from the state of New South Wales (NSW), where Sydney is located.
NSW Police Commissioner Mal Lanyon said the shooting sent shock waves across Australia.
One of the alleged shooters, a 50-year-old man, was killed at the scene. His 24-year-old son, the second gunman, was taken into custody and is in a critical condition, Lanyon said.
Lanyon said authorities were not looking for a third person, according to Al Jazeera.
The police commissioner added that the 50-year-old man had six firearms licenses and that six firearms were found at the scene. Lanyon also told journalists that two active «rudimentary» explosive devices were found at the scene of the shooting.
Australian Prime Minister Antony Albanese said yesterday that flags will fly at half-mast on Monday as Australia mourns what was a «dark day in our nation’s history».
Meanwhile, footage uploaded to social media shows a bystander in a car park running up to one of the gunmen, who holds a long rifle. The bystander then tackles the suspect, wrestles the rifle away from him and points the weapon back at him. A «hero» bystander has been named as 43-year-old Ahmed al Ahmed,
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese reportedly said the «devastating» mass shooting on Sunday, which police are calling a «terrorist» incident, was «a targeted attack on Jewish Australians on the first day of Hanukkah».
«The evil that was unleashed at Bondi Beach today is beyond comprehension, and the trauma and loss that families are dealing with tonight is beyond anyone’s worst nightmare,» Albanese added.
About 40 people remain in hospital after the shooting, according to a police statement from the state of New South Wales (NSW), where Sydney is located.
NSW Police Commissioner Mal Lanyon said the shooting sent shock waves across Australia.
One of the alleged shooters, a 50-year-old man, was killed at the scene. His 24-year-old son, the second gunman, was taken into custody and is in a critical condition, Lanyon said.
Lanyon said authorities were not looking for a third person, according to Al Jazeera.
The police commissioner added that the 50-year-old man had six firearms licenses and that six firearms were found at the scene. Lanyon also told journalists that two active «rudimentary» explosive devices were found at the scene of the shooting.
Australian Prime Minister Antony Albanese said yesterday that flags will fly at half-mast on Monday as Australia mourns what was a «dark day in our nation’s history».
Meanwhile, footage uploaded to social media shows a bystander in a car park running up to one of the gunmen, who holds a long rifle. The bystander then tackles the suspect, wrestles the rifle away from him and points the weapon back at him. A «hero» bystander has been named as 43-year-old Ahmed al Ahmed,
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