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Funerals Held for Victims of Bondi Beach Mass Shooting
The first funerals for victims of Sunday's mass shooting at Bondi Beach in Sydney took place this week, including services for 10-year-old Matilda and Rabbi Eli Schlanger. The attack killed 15 people and targeted the Jewish community at a Hanukkah event. Police investigations continued at the scene and a connected location in Bonnyrigg.
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# Bondi Beach Shooting Victims Commemorated in Funerals The first funerals for victims of Sunday's mass shooting at Bondi Beach were held in Sydney. A funeral for Matilda, aged 10 and the youngest victim of the Bondi shooting, took place. Hundreds of surfers and swimmers paddled out at Bondi Beach to commemorate the victims of the shooting.
A funeral service for Rabbi Eli Schlanger was held at the Chabad of Bondi, where his death was described as an 'unspeakable loss'.
The mother of 10-year-old Matilda paid tribute to her daughter at a flower memorial on Tuesday evening. Crowds left flowers and candles at Bondi as a tribute to the 15 people killed in the Sydney attack.
say 12 people have been killed in a shooting at Bondi Beach targeting the Jewish community, with 29 taken to a hospital - including a child.
New South Wales Police say that 11 people were killed, plus one gunman, in a shooting at Bondi Beach targeting the Jewish community. The BBC's Katy Watson reported from the scene of the Bondi Beach shooting where police continued to investigate a mass shooting targeting the Jewish community at a Hanukkah event.
BBC News Australia correspondent Katy Watson visited the house in the Sydney suburb of Bonnyrigg connected to the Bondi gunmen. Aerial drone footage showed a gunman firing from a bridge in a nearby carpark connected to Bondi Beach. An eyewitness captured video of a man tackling and disarming a Bondi shooter.
Eleven minutes of video captured the moment of the Bondi Beach shooting. Wait times to donate blood in Sydney reached up to seven hours the day after the Bondi Beach attack.
The BBC spoke to Jewish people at Bondi Beach about the significance of the suburb to their community.
BBC News reported on the events surrounding the Bondi Beach shooting. The Bondi Beach shooting was Australia's worst mass shooting in nearly three decades.
