Over in the midst of international excitement Terrorist attack which left a balance of this Sunday at least 16 people died, including a 12-year-old boy, during one Jewish celebration on a beach in Sydney, AustraliaA video was released showing the moment one of the two attackers was killed by local police.
The pictures quickly went viral on social networks. They were captured by a drone flying over the Bondi beach area at the time of the attack. In the aerial photo you can see how One of the attackers, who was on a bridge, continued firing despite being wounded and visibly destabilized until he was finally killed by security forces.. There was a person lying on the ground next to the man.
This Sunday, hundreds of people gathered on Bondi Beach in Sydney for an event celebrated the first day of the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah. At that point, the gunmen opened fire on the crowd. At least 38 other people were injured in the attack.
In the last few hours, the Australian Government through the Minister of Health of New South Wales Ryan Parkreported that the death toll rose from 12 to 16 overnight. A 12-year-old boy was among those killed. Others were being treated in hospital, the official added.
“This is absolutely terrible for the community as a whole, but especially for the Jewish community. What we saw was the worst of humanity, but at the same time the best of humanity,” Park said. The attack on one of Australia’s most popular beaches became the deadliest shooting in nearly three decades in a country with strict gun control laws.
Due to the incident, which was classified as a terrorist attack by local authorities, investigators managed to arrest, in addition to the gunman killed by police, the second of the attackers, who was in critical condition. Police noted that special officers were investigating “several suspicious items,” including several improvised explosive devices found in one of the suspects’ car.
One of the suspected attackers has been identified Naveed Akrama 24-year-old bricklayer from the southwest of the city who, according to local media, had recently lost his job. ABC News through an anonymous source close to a police officer.
Akram, believed to be of Pakistani origin, studied at Central Queensland University in Sydney and Hamdard University in Islamabad. Australian authorities reported that police searched his home in the suburb of Bonnyrigg on Sunday evening (local time).
With information from the AP agency
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