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Who Were the Bondi Beach Shooting Victims? What We Know

Two gunmen killed 15 people, including a 10-year-old girl, at a Hanukkah event, with one suspect killed by police and the other critically injured, police said.

  • On Sunday, gunmen opened fire at a Hanukkah event on Bondi Beach, killing at least 15 people, including Matilda, a 10-year-old girl taken to Sydney children's hospital.
  • Police engaged the attackers, resulting in Sajid Akram, alleged shooter, 50-year-old, killed and Naveed Akram, alleged shooter, 24-year-old, critically injured and hospitalised.
  • Among the dead were community leaders and rabbis, including Rabbi Eli Schlanger, 41, Bondi rabbi and event organiser, French national Dan Elkayam, and Holocaust survivor Alexander Kleytman.
  • Hospitals and support organisations are treating those affected, including Arsen Ostrovsky and Evan Zlatkis, while mourners gathered at the Bondi Pavilion and left floral tributes.
  • Australian police and officials are calling the shooting a terrorist attack, France confirmed Dan Elkayam's death, and Rabbi Zalman Lewis wrote `My dear cousin, Rabbi Eli Schlanger @bondirabbi was murdered in today's terrorist attack in Sydney`.
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Sunday's attack on the Jewish community in Sydney killed at least 15 people, and this is what we know about the victims at this point.

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A 10-year-old girl, a rabbi and a Holocaust survivor are among the 15 people killed on Sunday.

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Fifteen people were killed and at least 40 injured on Bondi beach in an anti-Semitic attack on Sunday, 14 December. The identities of nine of the victims were revealed.

·Paris, France
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WIN broke the news in Israel on Sunday, December 14, 2025.
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