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Eleven minutes of video captures the moment Australia's iconic beach turns into a scene of horror.
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Jews are fearful of more violence and Muslims are wary of a backlash after the mass shooting at Bondi Beach killed 15. Can Australia steer its way toward stability?
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The country has long looked warily at the cycle of gun violence in the United States, where meaningful changes in policy have been rare.
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Following a shooting at a Hanukkah celebration that left at least 15 people dead on Australia's Bondi Beach, some people in the Jewish community said they had "warned the government" over a rise in anti-Semitism in the country. Victoria Teplitsky, whose father was wounded in the attack, said the shooting was "not a surprise" to many in Australia's Jewish community.
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Australian leaders want to further restrict gun ownership, including potentially restricting licenses to citizens only, after a mass shooting in Sydney killed 15.
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;Resize=(620)) Canadian Finn Foster, 18, was planning to watch the sunset at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia, when he heard shots ring out. At least 15 people were killed and 38 wounded during the Hanukkah celebration in what the Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese called an act of antisemitism and terrorism.
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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the suspects were "motivated by Islamic State ideology." They had traveled to the Philippines prior to the attack, officials said.
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Markets in Australia started the day higher, while markets in Japan and South Korea fell.
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An attack targeting a Hanukkah beach party halfway around the world casts a heavy shadow as Jews in Israel celebrate the holiday for the first time in years without a full-scale war or pandemic.
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Gunmen killed at least 15 people in a mass shooting at a Hanukkah celebration on Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia, on Sunday. At least 42 people have been hospitalized.
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