Arya News - With harrowing expressions of grief and declarations of faith, hundreds of mourners gathered in Sydney on Wednesday to begin funerals for the victims of an antisemitic mass shooting in which gunmen targeted Jews celebrating Hanukkah. The two shooters slaughtered 15 people on Sunday during festivities at Bondi Beach, with more than 20 other people still being treated in hospitals.
Grief, tears and anger as funerals for people slain in Australian antisemitic mass shooting begin
SYDNEY (AP) — With harrowing expressions of grief and declarations of faith, hundreds of mourners gathered in Sydney on Wednesday to begin funerals for the victims of an antisemitic mass shooting in which gunmen targeted Jews celebrating Hanukkah. The two shooters slaughtered 15 people on Sunday during festivities at Bondi Beach, with more than 20 other people still being treated in hospitals. All of the victims identified so far were Jewish. The funerals began as a country reeling from its deadliest hate-fueled massacre of modern times turned to searching questions, growing in volume since the attack, about how it was able to happen.