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12 People, Including One Gunman, Shot Dead at Sydney’s Bondi Beach: Jewish Community Targeted in ‘Terror Attack’; Holocaust Survivor Murdered By Jihadists While Shielding Wife During Beach Mass Shooting

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By Breitbart. Twelve people, including one terrorist, were killed in what has been designated a terror attack at Sydney’s Bondi Beach on Sunday evening. An additional 29 people were injured and a second terror gunman was arrested after the local Jewish community was directly targeted, according to Australian media.

A Chanukah by the Sea event with upwards of 1,000 attendees was scheduled to take place near a children’s playground from 5pm and had begun when the attack began at the iconic beach.

NSW State Premier Chris Minns confirmed of the 12 individuals killed in the attack, one “offender” has also been killed and another is in custody, the BBC reports.

He says the attack was “designed to target Sydney’s Jewish community.”

What should have been a “night of peace and joy” was “shattered” by a “horrifying, evil attack”, he adds.

There were well over 1,000 people in attendance tonight, NSW Police Commissioner Mal Lanyon says, celebrating the Jewish holiday of Chanukah. (Read more from “12 People, Including One Gunman, Shot Dead at Sydney’s Bondi Beach: Jewish Community Targeted in ‘Terror Attack’” HERE)

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Holocaust Survivor Murdered By Jihadists While Shielding Wife During Beach Mass Shooting

By Daily Caller. A Holocaust survivor who escaped Nazi persecution was shot dead while trying to protect his wife during a mass shooting at a Hanukkah celebration on Bondi Beach, leaving 12 people dead.

Alex Kleytman fell to the ground after gunfire erupted at the Chanukah by the Sea event Sunday night in Sydney, The Australian reported. His wife Larisa watched helplessly as her husband of 57 years collapsed behind her.

“He pushed his body up because he wanted to stay near me,” Larisa told The Australian at the scene. “His body is still there, and I am sitting there and don’t know what I have to do.”

The retired civil engineer survived horrific conditions in Siberia during World War II alongside his mother and younger brother before immigrating to Australia from Ukraine. He and Larisa shared their Holocaust experiences with Australian Jewish charity Jewish Care in 2023.

(Read more from “Holocaust Survivor Murdered By Jihadists While Shielding Wife During Beach Mass Shooting” HERE)