Sydney mourns 15 killed in Australia's worst mass shooting in nearly 30 years


Rabbi Levi Wolff lights a menorah at Bondi Pavilion to honour the victims of a shooting during a Jewish holiday celebration at Bondi Beach, in Sydney, Australia, December 15, 2025. REUTERS/Hollie Adams

SYDNEY, Dec 16 (Reuters) - Dozens of people lined up early on Tuesday at Sydney's Bondi Beach to pay tribute to the 15 victims and those wounded in Sunday's Hanukkah festival shootings, Australia's worst mass shooting in nearly 30 years.

The death toll stands at 16 including one of the alleged gunmen, aged 50, who was shot by police on Sunday. The man's 24-year-old son and alleged accomplice was in critical condition in hospital, police said on Monday.

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