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Father and son gunmen kill 15 at Jewish festival on Australia's Bondi Beach

CGTN

- Two alleged gunmen who killed 15 people at a Jewish celebration on Sydney's Bondi Beach were a father and son, police said on Monday. The father, a 50-year-old man, was killed at the scene.

- The victims were aged between 10 and 87. Another 42 people were hospitalized, including two police officers.

- The gunmen targeted an annual celebration that drew more than 1,000 people to the beach to mark the Jewish festival of Hanukkah. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese called the attack "an act of pure evil."

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