He Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albaneseannounced on Monday that his government was ready to do so “take all necessary measures” behind him attempt perpetrated by two people of Pakistani origin during a Jewish community celebration on a busy Sydney beach, leaving at least 16 people dead.
“The government is ready to take all necessary measures, including the Gun laws need to be tightened“said Albanese, in view of the later meeting with the National Cabinet, which will be attended by the leaders of the various jurisdictions that make up the Oceanian nation.
In a press conference, the Australian President specified that possible measures include the establishment of a “Limiting the number of weapons” per person and “verification of licenses”after it became known that one of the suspected perpetrators of the attack had a firearms license.
“People’s circumstances change. People can become radicalized over time. (Weapon) licenses cannot be perpetual,” he said.
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As was known, Sajid Akram, the greatest of the attackerswho was killed by the police at the scene of the crime, He had a license for 6 weapons. Fires confiscated by police and used in the attack.
Albanese also confirmed that the another attacker Was Examined in 2019 by the Australian Security Intelligence Service (ASIO), but was then concluded without further information that she “does not pose a threat”.
The massacre occurred on Sunday afternoon in Australia when Akran, along with his son Naveed, who was shot and is hospitalized in critical condition, opened fire on people attending an event called Hanukkah by the Sea on Bondi Beach in eastern Australia.
New South Wales Health Minister Ryan Park reported this in the last few hours the death toll had risen to 16 overnight. Three children are now being treated in hospital, 42 people have been injured and seven of them remain in critical condition.
“At 9:36 this evening I officially declared this a terrorist incident,” Mal Lanyon, the police commissioner of New South Wales state, where Sydney is located, said at a news conference.
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More than a dozen dead in a shooting at a Jewish community event
In 1996, Australia tightened gun laws after the massacre of 35 people in the resort town of Porth Arthur; After registering several armed incidents by jihadists, he pushed for an amnesty in 2017 that resulted in the handover of more than 57,000 firearms.
The current arms control law regulates the arsenal through a licensing system and prohibits the sale of all automatic and semi-automatic weapons.
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