Gun laws in Australia to be reviewed after Bondi tragedy
發佈日期: 2025-12-15 21:09
TVB News
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Monday proposed tougher national gun laws after a mass shooting targeted a Jewish Hanukkah celebration on Sydney's Bondi Beach, leaving at least 15 people dead as well as one of the gunmen.
This as Albanese led the tributes to the victims as the country comes to terms with the tragedy.
Australia's national flag and the Aboriginal flag flying at half mast alongside each other on the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
The usually busy Bondi Beach deserted a day after a father and son opened fire on a group of Jewish people celebrating Hanukkah, killing 15 and wounding more than 40 others. One gunman, a 50-year-old man, was fatally shot by police.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese paying his respects to the victims by laying flowers at Bondi Beach's Pavilion. Then talking to police and forensics teams.
Albanese said he would ask Cabinet to consider limits on the number of weapons permitted by a gun licence holder and how long a licence should last. Australia is already among the toughest in the world regarding gun laws.
"The government is prepared to take whatever action is necessary. Included in that is the need for tougher gun laws, and this afternoon at 4 o'clock I will put on the agenda of the National Cabinet tougher gun laws,including limits on the number of guns that can be used or licensed by individuals. A review of licenses over a period of time. People's circumstances change. People can be radicalised over a period of time. Licenses should not be in perpetuity. And checks of course, making sure that those checks and balances are in place as well," Albanese said.
One witness Kobi Farkash described the scene just before the gun fire started. "The event was very happy moment, like I see and have an opportunity to meet the Jewish communities in Sydney. When I heard the gunshots I thought it was just fireworks, so I just come closer because I was a bit not in the centre, so I just came to the centre, like look around and then I see people moving around. So I hear like five shots and then I didn't think it was gunfire, I just come closer to look what happened and then I see someone on the ground with the blood. At that moment I realised it was a terrorist attack against Jewish people."
Stories of bravery are also now emerging. Mal Lanyon, New South Wales Police Commissioner said: "There are many, many stories of bravery from members of the community as well. I really want to acknowledge the work that was done yesterday. We know that a number of people are alive now because of the actions of innocent bystanders, and I thank them for the work that they're doing."
