Australia is observing a national Day of Reflection one week after the deadly shooting at a Jewish festival on Bondi Beach, with crowds gathering at a waterfront memorial and people across the country lighting candles and holding a minute of silence at exactly 6:47 p.m. local time, the moment the first shots were fired; the attack left 15 people dead and dozens injured, including 13 who remain hospitalized, and was carried out by a father and son, the latter previously flagged for possible radicalization, prompting the prime minister on Sunday to order a review of Australia’s security and intelligence services, as Peter O’Brien reports with the latest.

SYDNEY (Dec 21): Australians fell silent in flickering candlelight Sunday to honour the Bondi Beach shooting victims, marking one week since gunmen fired into crowds at a Jewish festival. A father and son are accused of targeting the beachside Hanukkah celebration, killing 15 people including children and Holocaust survivors on one of the nation’s darkestRead More

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australians will light candles at 6:47 p.m. on Sunday (7:47 GMT) to collectively commemorate the moment the first shots rang out a week earlier at Sydney’s Bondi Beach in an attack on a Jewish festival that left 15 dead. The federal and New South Wales state governments have declared Sunday a […]

Australians have been invited to light candles and observe a minute's silence at 6.47pm local time to honour the victims of the Bondi Beach mass shooting.

Australians have been invited to light candles and observe a minute's silence at 6.47pm local time to honour the victims of the Bondi Beach mass shooting.

Australians are lighting candles Sunday to remember the victims of a mass shooting at a Jewish festival in Sydney's Bondi Beach.

Australian surf lifeguards lined the shore of Sydney's Bondi Beach and fell silent to honour the 15 people shot and killed when gunmen fired into crowds at a seaside celebration of Hanukkah last week.