Grief, tears and anger as funerals for people slain in Australian antisemitic mass shooting begin
SYDNEY — 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. As investigations unfold, Australia faces a social and political reckoning about antisemitism, gun control and whether police protections for Jews at events such as Sunday's were sufficient for the threats they faced. First, however, was a day of anguish for families from Sydney's close-knit Jewish community who gathered, one after another, to begin to bury their dead. The victims of the attack ranged in age from a 10-year-old girl to an 87-year-old HolocaustWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times
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