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Jews slaughtered in a terrorist massacre at Bondi Beach · The Front

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  Speaker 1: From the Australian I'm Claire Harvey. At least twelve people,
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  Speaker 1: including a rabbi, are dead and many others are injured
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  Speaker 1: after gunman opened fire at Sydney's Bondai Beach on Sunday,
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  Speaker 1: targeting a Jewish community event. One of the killers has
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  Speaker 1: been named as Navid Akram, a twenty four year old
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  Speaker 1: who was living in Bonnie Rig in Sydney's West. One
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  Speaker 1: person was taken from Akram's home in handcuffs and another
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  Speaker 1: group left the house with their hands up. In South Wales,
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  Speaker 1: Police Commissioner mal Lanyon declared the massacre a terrorist event,
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  Speaker 1: and police on Sunday night were raiding homes in Sydney's West.
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  Speaker 1: Later on Sunday night, bomb disposal officers were working on
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  Speaker 1: a vehicle parked near the beach that is believed to
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  Speaker 1: contain several improvised explosive devices. Several police officers were also
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  Speaker 1: injured during the response. Police said they expected the number
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  Speaker 1: of casualties to rise. Stunning video showed a civilian, forty
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  Speaker 1: three year old greengrocer akhmedt al Akhmed, tackling one shooter
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  Speaker 1: to the ground and wrenching away his firearm as another
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  Speaker 1: shooter fired on police and civilians. Oh Mister Ahmed was
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  Speaker 1: last night recovering from injuries in hospital. AZIO Director General
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  Speaker 1: Mike Burgess said one of the shooters was on the
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  Speaker 1: intelligence agency's radar.
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  Speaker 2: One of these individuals was known to us, but not
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  Speaker 2: in an immediate threat perspective, so obviously we need to
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  Speaker 2: look into what happened here.
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  Speaker 1: Thousands of beach goers and tourists fled from the sand
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  Speaker 1: and surrounds after at least two gunmen opened fire around
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  Speaker 1: six forty pm on Sunday. New Southwelles Police said one
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  Speaker 1: of the alleged gunmen was in custody and another died
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  Speaker 1: at the scene. An elderly lady, Larissa Kleintman told the
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  Speaker 1: Australians Ellie Dudley at the scene her husband Alex eighty seven,
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  Speaker 1: was shot dead next to her. At the Hunniker Festival.
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  Speaker 3: A very good celebrations, never have any celebrated and today
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  Speaker 3: in the middle of a celebration it was shot and
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  Speaker 3: unfortunately might head.
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  Speaker 1: When this young woman was working at a button mitsfa
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  Speaker 1: event at the pavilion.
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  Speaker 4: We'll be like in the middle of doing a kid's
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  Speaker 4: hat on and there's like many gunshots. Kind of thought
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  Speaker 4: it was byworks, but after a sudden amount we were like,
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  Speaker 4: oh okay, gunshots, get down. Wrong.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: This surfer, An R De la Cretelle, said he stayed
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  Speaker 1: out at sea for two hours with other surfers as
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  Speaker 1: the panic unfolded. They were picked up by a man
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  Speaker 1: in a boat who took them around the headland and
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  Speaker 1: into Sydney Harbor's Watson's Bay.
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  Speaker 3: Who just took the vote and get away. Tried to escape.
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  Speaker 1: Dozens of ambulances responded to the incident, taking me injured
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  Speaker 1: to hospitals around Sydne. Jewish leaders say the attack was
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  Speaker 1: anti Semitic mass murder. The shooting happened on the first
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  Speaker 1: night of Harnaka. The Festival of Lights Hanuka celebration was
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  Speaker 1: underway at the beach, and dozens of children attending at
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  Speaker 1: butt Mitzvah were inside the Bondai pavilion. Israeli Prime Minister
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  Speaker 1: Benjamin Ettnia who described the shooting as a terrorist attack,
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  Speaker 1: while Israeli President Isaac Herzog said Israel repeatedly warned the
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  Speaker 1: Australian government about the need to uproot the criminal and
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  Speaker 1: widespread anti Semitism in their country. Prime Minister Anthony Albanezi
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  Speaker 1: said the scene at Bondai was shocking and distressing.
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  Speaker 5: This is a targeted attack on Jewish Australians on the
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  Speaker 5: first day of Harneka, which should be a day of joy,
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  Speaker 5: a celebration of faith. An act of evil Ani Semitism,
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  Speaker 5: terrorism that has struck the heart of our nation. An
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  Speaker 5: attack on Jewish Australians is an attack on every Australian.
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  Speaker 5: Every Australian tonight will be like me, devastated on this
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  Speaker 5: attack on our way of life. There is no place
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  Speaker 5: for this hate, violence and terrorism in our nation. Let
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  Speaker 5: me be clear, we will eradicated. We have seen strains
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  Speaker 5: today run towards danger in order to help others. These
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  Speaker 5: Australians are heroes and their bravery has saved lives. As
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  Speaker 5: Prime Minister I say on behalf of all Australians to
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  Speaker 5: the Jewish community, we stand with you. You should never
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  Speaker 5: have to endure the loss that you have suffered today.
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  Speaker 5: You should never know the fear that you know. Tonight,
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  Speaker 5: my fellow Australians, I say tonight that there are nights
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  Speaker 5: that tear at our nation's soul. In this moment of darkness,
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  Speaker 5: we must be each other's light, hold on to the
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  Speaker 5: true character of the country that we love. Australia is
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  Speaker 5: stronger than the cowards who attacked innocent people today. Australia
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  Speaker 5: is braver than those who seek to make us afraid.
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  Speaker 5: Australia will never submit to division, violence or hatred. We
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  Speaker 5: will see justice done and we will come through this together.
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  Speaker 1: The Australian's Political editor, Jeff Chambers asked our left un.
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  Speaker 4: Checked anti senitism leads to terrorism and violence targeting the innocent.
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  Speaker 4: Your government has come under criticism in claiming that it
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  Speaker 4: has effectively responded to the rise of anti Smitism in
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  Speaker 4: Australia since October seven, twenty twenty three. In September, your
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  Speaker 4: government recognized the Palestinian state. Your ministers have attacked the
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  Speaker 4: Israeli government, Secan ministers refuse to visit the sites of
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  Speaker 4: the October seven massacres, and you created a specialist the
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  Speaker 4: Fobia Envoid, alongside an anti semitism envoid. Have you taken
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  Speaker 4: the threat of anti Semitism seriously? And can you guarantee
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  Speaker 4: the safety of Jewish Australians.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, taken it seriously, and we've continued to act. We've
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  Speaker 5: continued to work with Jewish community leaders. We've continued to
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  Speaker 5: take all the advice from the security agencies to put
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  Speaker 5: in place special measures and we'll continue to do so.
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  Speaker 1: Mike Burgess was asked about the days ahead.
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  Speaker 6: I just mentioned that the chance of another attack is probable.
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  Speaker 6: I'm just wondering, how does that mean that there is
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  Speaker 6: still a one in two chance, I mean follow up
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  Speaker 6: attack and do dart Asia or the other security agencies
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  Speaker 6: take more precautions now that you've seen such a devastating attack.
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  Speaker 2: The national tears in fat level are probable means there's
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  Speaker 2: a fifty percent chance, so one in two. Of course,
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  Speaker 2: that doesn't mean to say there's a connection to an
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  Speaker 2: immediate tack following this one that is subject to our
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  Speaker 2: ongoing investigation. We have no indication, so that is the
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  Speaker 2: concern at this stage, but of course we will work
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  Speaker 2: twenty four by seven along with our police colleagues to
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  Speaker 2: make sure that is the case.
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  Speaker 1: New South Wales Premier Chris Mins addressed the media.
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  Speaker 7: This cowardly act of terrifying violence is shocking and painful
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  Speaker 7: to see and represent some of our worst fears about
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  Speaker 7: terrorism in Sydney. What should have been a night of
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  Speaker 7: peace and joy celebrated in that community with families and
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  Speaker 7: supporters has been shattered by this horrifying evil attack. I
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  Speaker 7: can assure the community it will be met with a massive,
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  Speaker 7: comprehensive police and public order response. Our heart bleeds for
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  Speaker 7: Australia's Jewish community tonight. I can only imagine the pain
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  Speaker 7: that they're feeling right now to see their loved ones
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  Speaker 7: killed as they celebrate this ancient holiday. Tonight saw extraordinary
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  Speaker 7: acts of personal courage and bravery from individuals in our community,
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  Speaker 7: and I think it's worth remembering that in all of
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  Speaker 7: this evil, in all of this sadness, there are still wonderful,
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  Speaker 7: brave Australians that are prepared to risk their lives to
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  Speaker 7: help a complete stranger. Now.
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  Speaker 1: New South Wales Police Commissioner mal Lanyon said the attack
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  Speaker 1: had been declared a terrorist incident.
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  Speaker 8: I have also authorized special powers under Section five and
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  Speaker 8: Section six to ensure that if there is a third offender,
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  Speaker 8: and we are currently investigating that at the moment, we
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  Speaker 8: will make sure that we prevent any further activity. No
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  Speaker 8: stone will be left unturned. This type of disgraceful activity,
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  Speaker 8: this want and use of violence, the taking of innocent
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  Speaker 8: lives is unacceptable to New South Wales.
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  Speaker 1: That story is unfolding fast and we'll have much more
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  Speaker 1: as the news breaks. You can follow it live at
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