Bondi Beach, Hanukkah and Australia
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At least 15 people are dead after a mass shooting at Australia’s famous Bondi Beach on Sunday. Follow live updates.
A woman tells the BBC she acted as a "human shield" for her baby during the deadly attack on the Jewish community in Sydney.
Reuven Morrison was one of the people who was killed on Sydney's Bondi Beach during a mass shooting during a Hanukkah celebration on Sunday. His daughter, Sheina Gutnick, daughter said he died as a hero, throwing a brick at one of the shooters, trying to protect others. "If… pic.twitter.com/dtLGgqPQRQ
Three decades ago, almost 650,000 firearms − about one-third of all privately owned guns in Australia – were surrendered, loaded intro trucks and destroyed. In exchange for these firearms, part of a mandatory gun buyback program, the government paid out $200 million. Gun-related murder and suicide rates plummeted.