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Monday, December 15, 2025
Slovakia’s president says one of the Bondi Beach victims was a Slovak citizen
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleSlovak President Peter Pellegrini says a woman from Slovakia was killed during a mass shooting at a Jewish celebration at Sydney’s famed Bondi Beach in Australia on Sunday.
“Already yesterday, I unequivocally condemned the brutal, deadly attack… Today, that grief has reached Slovakia as well — among the victims of this senseless, violent rampage was a Slovak woman, Marika,” Pellegrini wrote on X.
It is not immediately clear if he is referring to Marika Pogany, identified earlier.
“It is terrifying to see how far sick, faceless hatred toward strangers can go,” he adds. “We must remember this every time we carelessly, without reflecting on the consequences, whether knowingly or unknowingly, contribute to the spread of hatred ourselves. Hatred ultimately recognizes no limits, and its final outcome is the destruction of innocent human lives.”
Already yesterday, I unequivocally condemned the brutal, deadly attack on innocent people during the Hanukkah celebrations at Australia’s Bondi Beach and expressed my deep solidarity with a nation plunged into grief and shock. Today, that grief has reached Slovakia as well —…
— Peter Pellegrini (@PellegriniP_) December 15, 2025
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