Bondi Beach mass shooting inspired by Islamic State
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Australia's prime minister said the suspects in the shooting at the Hanukkah event were “motivated by Islamic State ideology.” They had traveled to the Philippines before the attack, officials said.
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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Heroic bystander who wrestled gun from Bondi Beach attacker is son of refugees and father to two
A bystander who wrestled a gun from one of the alleged attackers during a mass shooting at Bondi Beach has been identified as Ahmed al Ahmed, whose refugee parents had just arrived from Syria, according to Australian officials and media.
Pip Edwards was caught in the Dec. 14 shooting in Sydney
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.
For many, official promises to stamp out the “evil scourge” of antisemitism and consider further tightening gun control measures come too late.
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England and Australia players to wear black armbands in Ashes tribute to Bondi shooting victims
ADELAIDE, Australia (AP) — England and Australia players will wear black armbands and flags at Adelaide Oval will be flown at half-staff on Wednesday in an Ashes tribute to the victims of the Bondi beach shootings.
In a touching show of community spirit, Sydneysiders collected and organized the belongings left behind by beachgoers who fled the fatal Bondi shooting on Sunday.Two gunmen fired at a Jewish event being held at the beach about 6:40 pm on Sunday,
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