Sydney is on edge following the deadliest Australian mass shooting in nearly 30 years and with Christmas and New Year’s Eve fast approaching, many are left wondering what the city is doing to protect its citizens.

Rahmat Pasha, an Indian-Australian residing in Australia for six years, is being celebrated for his heroic actions during the Bondi Beach terror attack in Sydney, which resulted in 15 fatalities., Hyderabad News,

The alleged gunmen in the shooting, Sajid Akram, 50, and his son, Naveed Akram, 24, were from Bonnyrigg, a diverse, multilingual suburb miles from Sydney’s Bondi Beach.

Two gunmen opened fire during a Hanukkah celebration on Sydney’s Bondi beach, killing 15 people, including a child, officials said Monday, in what Prime Minister Anthony Albanese called an act of antisemitic terrorism that struck at the heart of the nation.

At around 6:47 p.m., as the sun began to fade on a warm Sunday afternoon at Sydney’s iconic Bondi Beach, the first gunshots rang out.

Police intercepted two vehicles in a Sydney suburb based on "information received that a violent act was possibly being planned."

Two gunmen opened fire during a Hanukkah celebration on Sydney's Bondi beach, killing 15 people, including a child, officials said Monday, in what Prime Minister Anthony Albanese called an act of antisemitic terrorism that struck at the heart of the nation.

The massacre has prompted a national reckoning about antisemitism and questions about whether the country’s leaders took seriously enough the threat to Australian Jews.