Shootings at Bondi and Brown |
Mass Shootings
Liz Wolfe | 12.15.2025 9:31 AM
A mass shooting at Bondi Beach: Two gunmen opened fire in Australia, at Bondi Beach, in an attack targeting Jews on the first evening of Hanukkah, killing 15 and injuring many others.
The two gunmen were a father in his 50s who immigrated to Australia and his native-born son in his 20s. The father was shot by the authorities, but the son is in police custody. The attackers' names have not yet been released. A bystander tackled and disarmed one of the gunmen.
The event at which the massacre took place was hosted by the Jewish organization Chabad. The victims ranged in age from 10 to 85, and included the notable Rabbi Eli Schlanger (organizer of "Chanukah by the Sea," as the event was known), Holocaust survivor Alex........