Funeral for Youngest Bondi Beach Shooting Victim, Matilda
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Ahmed al Ahmed, the Syrian-Australian father who wrestled a shotgun from one of the gunmen attacking a Jewish gathering, is facing a long road to recovery.
Mourners on Thursday laid to rest the youngest victim of the Bondi Beach attack in Sydney: 10-year-old Matilda, who had been enjoying the Hanukkah festivities with her family when the gunmen opened fire.
Preliminary evidence indicates Naveed Akram, 24, staged a “terrorist attack inspired by ISIS," police said Wednesday. The first funerals for victims were held under tight security.
The alleged father and son gunmen who killed at least 15 people in a mass shooting at Australia's Bondi Beach may have been inspired by the ISIS terrorist organization.
During an otherwise peaceful day at Bondi Beach in Sydney on Dec. 14, two terrorists unloaded a barrage of bullets at thousands of attendees who were celebrating Hanukkah during a family-friendly event.
The suspected gunman in Sydney’s Bondi Beach massacre has been charged with 59 offenses, including 15 charges of murder, after waking up from a coma.
The parents of 10-year-old Matilda, the youngest of the Bondi shooting victims, recalled the moments leading up the shooting, saying they thought the gunshots were “fireworks” or a “bad joke.” Matilda was one of at least 15 people who were killed after two gunmen opened fire on a Hanukkah event at Australia’s famed Bondi Beach.