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Australian PM Albanese visits Bondi Beach hero in hospital

Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese visits Mr Ahmed al Ahmed, the bystander who charged at one of the gunmen and seized his rifle during the deadly shooting at Bondi Beach.

Bondi gunmen were inspired by ISIS, travelled to the Philippines, Australian police say

A person lays flowers at a makeshift memorial at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia, on Dec 16, 2025.

Bondi shooting hero bystander draws nearly $2.6m in donations

New South Wales Premier Chris Minns visits Mr Ahmed al Ahmed, a bystander who disarmed one of the Bondi Beach shooters, at a hospital in Sydney, Australia, Dec 15.

Sydney mourns 15 killed as Israeli Ambassador calls for greater Jewish protection

Mourners gather around floral tributes at Bondi Pavilion to honour the victims of the Bondi Beach shooting in Sydney on Dec 16.

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Bondi Beach shooting sparks ‘lone wolf’ fears in Australia

An Australian national flag flying at half-mast at the Bondi Pavilion, the site of the deadly shooting, on Dec 15.

‘It was dead people everywhere’: Inside Australia's Hanukkah massacre

For between 10 and 20 minutes, two gunmen opened fire on attendees at the Hanukkah event, gunning down men, women and children as ‍terrified beachgoers fled.

Australia defends record on anti-Semitism after Bondi Beach shooting

A father and son shot and killed 15 people at a Hanukkah festival on Sydney’s Bondi Beach on Dec 14, 2025.

‘Terrified’ Sydney man misidentified as Bondi shooter, receives death threats

A Sydney man sharing the same name as one of the assailants in the Dec 14 Bondi Beach shooting said he received death threats.

Bondi Beach shooting: Neighbours say family of alleged gunmen kept to themselves

Police officers stand guard outside the house of the suspects of a shooting incident on a Jewish holiday celebration at Bondi Beach, in Bonnyrigg, Sydney, Australia, December 15, 2025. REUTERS/Alasdair Pal

Christmas fireworks falsely blamed on ‘Islamists’ after Bondi Beach shooting

Australian social media users accused "Islamists" of celebrating the Bondi Beach shooting, sharing a video of fireworks going off, which officials said was in fact for Christmas celebrations.

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