Two gunmen open fire at Bondi Chanukkah event, 12 confirmed dead in mass shooting
Beach music was drowned out by gunfire. Families ran, children screamed, and Sydney’s most famous shoreline turned into a killing ground in seconds. A Jewish Chanukkah event was suddenly under attack, bodies falling where people had been laughing moments before. Police raced in, bomb squads moved on a suspect car, and whispers of a third shoote… Continues
In the hours that followed, Australia’s leaders spoke of “evil anti-Semitism”, vowing there would be no place for terror or revenge. Streets in Sydney’s southwest filled with shocked locals as police locked down the home of an alleged gunman, while hospitals fought to keep the wounded alive. A nation that prides itself on easygoing calm now faces a darker question: how to hold onto that spirit when its very openness has been so brutally attacked.
