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Friday, December 19, 2025
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Friday, December 19, 2025
‘Bring back the light’: Hundreds of swimmers, surfers honor attack victims at Bondi Beach
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Surfers and swimmers congregate in the water at Bondi Beach as they participate in a tribute for the victims of the terror attack targeting a Hanukkah event at the beach, in Sydney on December 19, 2025. (David Gray/AFP)
SYDNEY — Hundreds of people swim and paddle surfboards off Australia’s Bondi Beach to honor the 15 people shot and killed at a Jewish festival last week.
“They slaughtered innocent victims, and today I’m swimming out there and being part of my community again to bring back the light,” security consultant Jason Carr tells AFP.
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