The police found two homemade Islamic State flags in the car of the suspects, a 50-year-old man and his 24-year-old son.

Slain rabbi's letter warning Australian PM about antisemitism gains tragic relevance after deadly Hanukkah terror attack on Bondi Beach left at least 16 dead.

Several explosive devices and two home-made flags bearing the insignia of Islamic State, a jihadist terrorist group, were found in the younger man’s car. Both men were motivated by “Islamic State ideology”,

Australian officials said a father and son killed at least 15 people at a Jewish holiday celebration. More than three dozen people were hospitalized, including a surviving gunman.

The shooting that targeted a celebration of the first night of Hanukkah on Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia, has caused fear and grief but will not deter Hanukkah events, community leaders say.

There is a bipartisan consensus amongst Australians that we are the most successful multicultural country in the world. This refers to a national and societal approach that celebrates a diversity of cultures, faiths, and even values coexisting peacefully, if not harmoniously.

Australian media say the men in the vehicle were believed to have been on their way to Bondi Beach. SYDNEY: Armed Australian police arrested seven men in Sydney's southwest on Thursday (Dec 18) after a tip they may be plotting a "violent act" in the city still reeling from the Bondi Beach shooting.

Australian police said that seven men detained in Sydney's southwest on Thursday had ideological connections to the two gunmen who allegedly fired at hundreds celebrating Hanukkah in Bondi Beach, killing 15 people.