Bondi Beach shooting LIVE updates: Tense moment Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke is heckled at memorial

Thousands have gathered at a memorial on Sydneys famous Bondi Beach 24 hours after a father and his son allegedly opened fire during a Jewish Hannukkah celebration.


Thousands have gathered at a memorial on Sydneys famous Bondi Beach 24 hours after a father and his son allegedly opened fire during a Jewish Hannukkah celebration.

The death toll remains at 16 following Australias second worst mass shooting

Naveed Akram, 24, and his father Sajid, 50, stood on a footbridge connecting Campbell Parade to the Bondi Pavilion on Sunday night, firing shots into a crowd as people screamed and sprinted for cover.

Naveed remains in hospital under police guard after being shot by officers. He remains in a coma but is expected to survive.

His father Sajid, a licenced firearms holder, was shot dead by police.

Nine of the 15 innocent people who lost their lives have been identified. 

The youngest victim was 10-year-old Matilda.

Other victims included British-born Chabad Rabbi Eli Schlanger, 41, French national Dan Elkayam, 27, Holocaust survivor Alex Kleytman, beloved husband and father Tibor Weitzen, Wellington Street synagogue assistant Reuven Morrison and retired NSW Police detective sergeant Peter Meagher.

Tensions flared at Monday nights memorial, where Home Affairs minister Tony Burke was booed by hecklers.

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Minister heckled at memorial

Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke has been heckled while attending a memorial for the Bondi Beach terrorist attack victims.

Thousand flocked to the world famous beach on Monday night to pay their respects to the 15 innocent people who lost their lives.

Burke faced a frosty reception from a group of mourners when he arrived.

'Blood on your hands Tony Burke!' one man called out.

A woman yelled out: Shame Tony Burke, shame!'

Burke was heckled several hours after state and territory leaders agreed to overhaul gun ownership laws at an emergency cabinet meeting called for by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.

The Albanese government has faced strong criticism over its handling of antisemitism in the wake of the October 7 2023 attacks on Israel.

The Bondi shooting prompted a fresh outpouring of anger.

Sydney
Источник: Daily Online

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