Bondi Beach, Hanukkah
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Dashcam video emerged Tuesday showing two bystanders trying to disarm one of the suspected gunmen before they carried out their horrific attack on a Hanukkah event attended by hundreds of families, killing at least 15 people.
SYDNEY — Hundreds remained on Bondi Beach long after the sun had set Tuesday. Many stood silently beneath the waning moon, police helicopters whirring overhead. Some laid bouquets of flowers, which local stores were giving out for free. All were there to pay tribute to the 15 people killed at a Hanukkah celebration on Sunday.
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One of two men suspected of carrying out Australia's deadliest mass shooting in three decades will be charged later on Wednesday, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said, as the funerals of the Jewish victims of Sunday's attack began.
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Holocaust survivor and 10-year-old with gentle soul among those killed in Bondi Beach shooting
The victims of a mass shooting at Sydney's Bondi Beach range from a 10-year-old girl with a gentle soul to an 87-year-old Holocaust survivor.
Akram, 50, and his son Naveed Akram, 24, carried out the attack during a public Hanukkah celebration. Fifteen members of the public were killed, along with Naveed Akram. Investigators in Australia have said the pair were inspired by ISIS ideology.
Hundreds of mourners gathered in a Bondi synagogue for the funeral of Rabbi Eli Schlanger on Wednesday, a few blocks away from the beach where he was gunned down, one of the first of many services for the Hanukkah festival shooting victims.
Sacramento mourns a Bondi Beach victim at the Capitol menorah lighting. Community leaders vowed to keep public Hanukkah gatherings despite fear.
Ashton Kutcher has reflected on his journey from being a Catholic to embracing Judaism while celebrating Hanukkah with his wife, Mila Kunis.