Jewish community targeted: The attack, declared a terrorist incident, targeted Jewish Australians as hundreds gathered to celebrate the first day of Hanukkah. One of the victims was a Holocaust survivor who died while shielding his wife from bullets. CNN reported.
Suspects are father and son: Police killed the 50-year-old father at the scene while the 24-year-old son is in critical but stable condition, authorities said. Officers also removed explosive devices found in a nearby vehicle. Reaction: Australian leader Anthony Albanese called the shooting “an act of pure evil.” Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu said he believed Australia’s government poured oil on the flames of antisemitism through its silence on anti-Jewish sentiment in the country. Several Muslim nations have condemned the attack.
