"Twelve people have been killed in Australia's worst terrorist attack, as gunmen opened fire on Jewish people who had gathered to celebrate the first day of Hanukkah at Sydney's iconic Bondi Beach on Sunday evening. The shooting was a "targeted attack" on the Jewish community, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said at a late-night press conference. He described the incident as an "act of evil anti-Semitism, terrorism that has struck the heart of our nation," and flagged an uncompromising crackdown on anti-Semitism."
"One of the gunmen is dead and a second is in a critical condition in the hospital, New South Wales Police Commissioner Mal Lanyon told reporters at a media conference, where he designated the incident as a terrorist attack. At least 29 people, including two police officers, were injured and taken to hospitals across Sydney, he added. The incident is Australia's deadliest mass-shooting since a lone gunman killed 35 people at Port Arthur in Tasmania on April 28, 1996."
""There are nights that tear at our nation's soul," Albanese said. "In this moment of darkness, we must be each other's light." The gunmen opened fire just after 6:45 p.m. local time as more than 1,000 people attended the Chanukah by the Sea event on a warm summer evening. One of the victims said he only arrived in Australia in recent days from Israel, where he had lived for 13 years, to help the Jewish community in Sydney cope with anti-Semitic incidents."
An attack at Bondi Beach during a Hanukkah event killed twelve people and injured at least 29, including two police officers. One attacker is dead and a second is in critical condition in hospital. Authorities have designated the incident a terrorist attack and described it as a targeted assault on the Jewish community. The prime minister called it an act of evil and vowed an uncompromising crackdown on anti‑Semitism. The shootings are the deadliest mass‑shooting in Australia since Port Arthur in 1996. More than 1,000 people were attending when gunmen opened fire, and footage showed two black‑clad gunmen.
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