Thank you for following our live coverage of the aftermath of the antisemitic terror attack in Bondi Beach.
Today, thousands attended a memorial held for the victims.
The attack took place on Sunday, with 50-year-old Sajid Akram, who was killed by police, and his 24-year-old son, Naveed, who woke up today from a coma in hospital, accused of carrying out the shooting.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese described the attackers as being motivated by Islamic State ideology.
At least 15 people were killed, with several still in hospital in a critical condition.
Heroic bystanders tried to intervene, but a married couple were killed as they tried to stop one gunman, while a local shop owner survived after disarming one attacker, but was shot twice.
First watch: Moment ‘hero’ disarms gunman
Then watch: Footage shows couple trying to stop Bondi attacker before they were killed
Victims of terror attack
An event to celebrate the start of Hanukkah was taking place on Bondi Beach, with around 1,000 people attending, when the attackers began firing.
So far, the following victims have been named by media, friends and family:
- Rabbi Eli Schlanger, a 41-year-old British-born rabbi
- Rabbi Yaakov Levitan, secretary of a local Jewish group
- Matilda, a 10-year-old girl whose family moved to Australia from Ukraine
- Dan Elkayam, a French citizen
- Alexander Kleytman, 87, a Holocaust survivor
- Peter Meagher, a retired policeman
- Reuven Morrison, a businessman
- Tibor Weitzen, 78
- Marika Pogany, an 82-year-old Slovakian woman
- Boris and Sofia Gurman, a Russian-Jewish couple who were killed trying to confront one of the gunmen
- And Reuven Morrison, 62, who was also shot dead when trying to intervene, according to CBS who spoke to his daughter.
A small number remain unidentified.
Suspects travelled to Philippines month before attack
The two suspects travelled to the Philippines for almost the entire month of November, before Sunday’s attack.
Our Asia correspondent Cordelia Lynch said the duo arrived on 1 November and left on 28 November.
Sajid used an Indian passport to travel, while Naveed used an Australian one, and their declared destination was Davao City – an area associated with Islamic extremism.
Watch Lynch reporting from Sydney here…
Memorial held in Bondi
Today, thousands turned out at a memorial in Bondi.
Some family members of the victims spoke, with the father of Matilda, a 10-year-old girl who was the youngest victim, saying:
“I just wanted to say a couple of words about Matilda and what a beautiful person she is… we named her Matilda because she was our firstborn in Australia. We came her from Ukraine… remember her, remember her name.”
Meanwhile, the Australian government has come under pressure for its handling of previous antisemitic events.
It has said it intends to tighten already strict gun laws in an effort to avoid a repeat of the attack.
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