The death toll from the Bondi Beach massacre has risen to 16 overnight, and includes a child, marking one of the darkest days in the country’s history.
Australia’s most iconic tourist destination was rocked by a mass shooting on Sunday as two men stood on a pedestrian footbridge and opened fire into crowds of locals, holidaymakers and families.
Some had been there to celebrate Hanukkah, the Jewish Festival of Light, which police believed was the intended target of the massacre that has been officially designated a terrorist attack.
On Sunday night, the death toll stood at 12, with NSW Health Minister Ryan Park confirming to the Today Show on Monday morning that it had risen to 16.
A child passed away at Sydney Children’s Hospital in Randwick. Four patients were transferred to the children’s hospital, Park said.
NSW Police Commissioner Mal Lanyon also confirmed at least 29 people had been injured.
One of the gunmen was also shot dead and the second is in hospital under police guard.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese gave a speech to the public following a meeting of the National Security Committee on Sunday night.
‘There is no place for this hate, violence and terrorism in our nation,’ he said.
‘Let me be clear we will eradicate it. Amidst this vile act of violence and hate will emerge a moment of national unity, where Australians across the board will embrace their fellow Australians of Jewish faith.
“The Fez itself is an example of this double meaning behind most of Freemasonry’s facade. Worn and even carried to the grave with pompous dignity, the history of the Fez is barbaric and anti-Christian. In the early 8th century, Muslim hordes overran the Moroccan city of Fez, shouting, “There is no god but Allah and Mohammed is his prophet.” There, they butchered approximately 50,000 Christians. These men, women and children were slain because of their faith in Christ, all in the name of Allah, the same demon god to whom every Shriner must bow, with hands tied behind his back, in worship, proclaiming him the god of his fathers in the Shrine initiation. Remember that the Allah of Islam is not just another name for God. Allah is the name of another god. In usual occult fashion, the initiate swears that he will be inseparably obligated to this “most powerful and binding oath”, in advance, and that he may NEVER retract or depart from it. During the butchering of the people of Fez, the streets literally ran red with the blood of the martyred Christians. The Muslim zealots dipped their caps in the blood of their victims as a testimony to Allah. These blood stained caps eventually were called Fezzes and became a badge of honor for those who killed a Christian. The Shriners wear that same red Fez today. The greatest tragedy is that the Fez is often worn by men who profess to be Christians themselves. It must cause God to weep.“
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