US EditionAntisemitic Bondi Beach shooting kills 15, wounds 38; police kill father, detain son
The father and son attackers killed 15 and wounded 38 in an antisemitic terrorist shooting at a Hanukkah event, with the son charged on 59 counts including murder.
- On Dec. 14, a mass shooting at a Hanukkah event in Archer Park near Bondi Beach killed 15 people and injured dozens, police reported.
- Australian authorities classified the Bondi-area attack as a terrorist incident with antisemitic motivations, prompting government plans to strengthen hate crime laws after the Chabad of Bondi massacre.
- Police identified the suspects as Sajid Akram and Naveed Akram, saying Sajid was shot dead at the scene while Naveed was detained, charged, and remains hospitalized.
- Miya Lind, survivor and model, described the escape as absolutely terrifying, recalling hiding behind an ice cream truck and sheltering in an alleyway while seeing blood and struggling to breathe.
- Armed police arrested suspects on Dec. 18 after Australian Security Intelligence Organisation intelligence amid copycat attack alerts; police said no known link exists to the Bondi investigation, while Waverley Council warned of crowding at Bronte Beach attended by more than 15,000 last year.
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