At least nine people were killed and a dozen more wounded in a shooting at Sydney's popular Bondi Beach on Dec. 14, Australian police said.
New South Walespolice said in a statement that two suspects had been taken into custody. The public service Australian Broadcasting Corp. said one of at least two gunmen was killed.
Local media reportsciting eyewitnesses said the shooting began while some people were attending a Hanukkah-related event on the beach. Australia has experienced a string of antisemitic attacks on synagogues, buildings and cars since the beginning of Israel's war in Gaza in October 2023.
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Mass shootingsin Australia are relatively rare. The country has some of the world's strictest gun control measures. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese called the incident "shocking and distressing."
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The shooting appears to be the worst one in Australian history since the Port Arthur attack in 1996, when a lone gunman killed 35 people at a historic site in Tasmania. The incident led theAustralian governmentto impose an almost total ban on all automatic and semiautomatic weapons.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
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