At least 15 people were killed, and dozens were injured following a deadly shooting during a Hanukkah event in Australia on Saturday.

According to CNN, the tragic event, which has been deemed a terrorist incident, took place as hundreds of people gathered to celebrate the first day of Hanukkah. Among the dead were a 12-year-old girl and a rabbi.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese called the attack “an act of evil, antisemitism, terrorism that has struck the heart” of Australia. He then pointed out that “an attack on Jewish Australians is an attack on every Australian.”

“What we saw yesterday was an act of pure evil, an act of anti-semitism,” Albanese said during a press conference. “An act of terrorism on our shores in an iconic Australian location, Bondi Beach, that is associat

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