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Speaker 1: From the Australian I'm Claire Harvey. At least twelve people,

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Speaker 1: including a rabbi, are dead and many others are injured

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Speaker 1: after gunman opened fire at Sydney's Bondai Beach on Sunday,

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Speaker 1: targeting a Jewish community event. One of the killers has

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Speaker 1: been named as Navid Akram, a twenty four year old

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Speaker 1: who was living in Bonnie Rig in Sydney's West. One

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Speaker 1: person was taken from Akram's home in handcuffs and another

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Speaker 1: group left the house with their hands up. In South Wales,

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Speaker 1: Police Commissioner mal Lanyon declared the massacre a terrorist event,

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Speaker 1: and police on Sunday night were raiding homes in Sydney's West.

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Speaker 1: Later on Sunday night, bomb disposal officers were working on

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Speaker 1: a vehicle parked near the beach that is believed to

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Speaker 1: contain several improvised explosive devices. Several police officers were also

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Speaker 1: injured during the response. Police said they expected the number

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Speaker 1: of casualties to rise. Stunning video showed a civilian, forty

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Speaker 1: three year old greengrocer akhmedt al Akhmed, tackling one shooter

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Speaker 1: to the ground and wrenching away his firearm as another

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Speaker 1: shooter fired on police and civilians. Oh Mister Ahmed was

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Speaker 1: last night recovering from injuries in hospital. AZIO Director General

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Speaker 1: Mike Burgess said one of the shooters was on the

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Speaker 1: intelligence agency's radar.

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Speaker 2: One of these individuals was known to us, but not

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Speaker 2: in an immediate threat perspective, so obviously we need to

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Speaker 2: look into what happened here.

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Speaker 1: Thousands of beach goers and tourists fled from the sand

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Speaker 1: and surrounds after at least two gunmen opened fire around

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Speaker 1: six forty pm on Sunday. New Southwelles Police said one

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Speaker 1: of the alleged gunmen was in custody and another died

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Speaker 1: at the scene. An elderly lady, Larissa Kleintman told the

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Speaker 1: Australians Ellie Dudley at the scene her husband Alex eighty seven,

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Speaker 1: was shot dead next to her. At the Hunniker Festival.

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Speaker 3: A very good celebrations, never have any celebrated and today

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Speaker 3: in the middle of a celebration it was shot and

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Speaker 3: unfortunately might head.

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Speaker 1: When this young woman was working at a button mitsfa

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Speaker 1: event at the pavilion.

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Speaker 4: We'll be like in the middle of doing a kid's

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Speaker 4: hat on and there's like many gunshots. Kind of thought

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Speaker 4: it was byworks, but after a sudden amount we were like,

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Speaker 4: oh okay, gunshots, get down. Wrong.

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Speaker 3: Yeah.

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Speaker 1: This surfer, An R De la Cretelle, said he stayed

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Speaker 1: out at sea for two hours with other surfers as

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Speaker 1: the panic unfolded. They were picked up by a man

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Speaker 1: in a boat who took them around the headland and

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Speaker 1: into Sydney Harbor's Watson's Bay.

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Speaker 3: Who just took the vote and get away. Tried to escape.

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Speaker 1: Dozens of ambulances responded to the incident, taking me injured

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Speaker 1: to hospitals around Sydne. Jewish leaders say the attack was

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Speaker 1: anti Semitic mass murder. The shooting happened on the first

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Speaker 1: night of Harnaka. The Festival of Lights Hanuka celebration was

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Speaker 1: underway at the beach, and dozens of children attending at

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Speaker 1: butt Mitzvah were inside the Bondai pavilion. Israeli Prime Minister

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Speaker 1: Benjamin Ettnia who described the shooting as a terrorist attack,

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Speaker 1: while Israeli President Isaac Herzog said Israel repeatedly warned the

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Speaker 1: Australian government about the need to uproot the criminal and

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Speaker 1: widespread anti Semitism in their country. Prime Minister Anthony Albanezi

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Speaker 1: said the scene at Bondai was shocking and distressing.

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Speaker 5: This is a targeted attack on Jewish Australians on the

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Speaker 5: first day of Harneka, which should be a day of joy,

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Speaker 5: a celebration of faith. An act of evil Ani Semitism,

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Speaker 5: terrorism that has struck the heart of our nation. An

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Speaker 5: attack on Jewish Australians is an attack on every Australian.

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Speaker 5: Every Australian tonight will be like me, devastated on this

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Speaker 5: attack on our way of life. There is no place

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Speaker 5: for this hate, violence and terrorism in our nation. Let

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Speaker 5: me be clear, we will eradicated. We have seen strains

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Speaker 5: today run towards danger in order to help others. These

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Speaker 5: Australians are heroes and their bravery has saved lives. As

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Speaker 5: Prime Minister I say on behalf of all Australians to

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Speaker 5: the Jewish community, we stand with you. You should never

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Speaker 5: have to endure the loss that you have suffered today.

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Speaker 5: You should never know the fear that you know. Tonight,

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Speaker 5: my fellow Australians, I say tonight that there are nights

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Speaker 5: that tear at our nation's soul. In this moment of darkness,

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Speaker 5: we must be each other's light, hold on to the

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Speaker 5: true character of the country that we love. Australia is

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Speaker 5: stronger than the cowards who attacked innocent people today. Australia

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Speaker 5: is braver than those who seek to make us afraid.

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Speaker 5: Australia will never submit to division, violence or hatred. We

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Speaker 5: will see justice done and we will come through this together.

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Speaker 1: The Australian's Political editor, Jeff Chambers asked our left un.

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Speaker 4: Checked anti senitism leads to terrorism and violence targeting the innocent.

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Speaker 4: Your government has come under criticism in claiming that it

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Speaker 4: has effectively responded to the rise of anti Smitism in

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Speaker 4: Australia since October seven, twenty twenty three. In September, your

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Speaker 4: government recognized the Palestinian state. Your ministers have attacked the

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Speaker 4: Israeli government, Secan ministers refuse to visit the sites of

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Speaker 4: the October seven massacres, and you created a specialist the

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Speaker 4: Fobia Envoid, alongside an anti semitism envoid. Have you taken

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Speaker 4: the threat of anti Semitism seriously? And can you guarantee

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Speaker 4: the safety of Jewish Australians.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, taken it seriously, and we've continued to act. We've

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Speaker 5: continued to work with Jewish community leaders. We've continued to

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Speaker 5: take all the advice from the security agencies to put

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Speaker 5: in place special measures and we'll continue to do so.

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Speaker 1: Mike Burgess was asked about the days ahead.

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Speaker 6: I just mentioned that the chance of another attack is probable.

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Speaker 6: I'm just wondering, how does that mean that there is

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Speaker 6: still a one in two chance, I mean follow up

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Speaker 6: attack and do dart Asia or the other security agencies

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Speaker 6: take more precautions now that you've seen such a devastating attack.

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Speaker 2: The national tears in fat level are probable means there's

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Speaker 2: a fifty percent chance, so one in two. Of course,

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Speaker 2: that doesn't mean to say there's a connection to an

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Speaker 2: immediate tack following this one that is subject to our

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Speaker 2: ongoing investigation. We have no indication, so that is the

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Speaker 2: concern at this stage, but of course we will work

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Speaker 2: twenty four by seven along with our police colleagues to

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Speaker 2: make sure that is the case.

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Speaker 1: New South Wales Premier Chris Mins addressed the media.

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Speaker 7: This cowardly act of terrifying violence is shocking and painful

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Speaker 7: to see and represent some of our worst fears about

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Speaker 7: terrorism in Sydney. What should have been a night of

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Speaker 7: peace and joy celebrated in that community with families and

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Speaker 7: supporters has been shattered by this horrifying evil attack. I

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Speaker 7: can assure the community it will be met with a massive,

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Speaker 7: comprehensive police and public order response. Our heart bleeds for

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Speaker 7: Australia's Jewish community tonight. I can only imagine the pain

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Speaker 7: that they're feeling right now to see their loved ones

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Speaker 7: killed as they celebrate this ancient holiday. Tonight saw extraordinary

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Speaker 7: acts of personal courage and bravery from individuals in our community,

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Speaker 7: and I think it's worth remembering that in all of

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Speaker 7: this evil, in all of this sadness, there are still wonderful,

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Speaker 7: brave Australians that are prepared to risk their lives to

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Speaker 7: help a complete stranger. Now.

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Speaker 1: New South Wales Police Commissioner mal Lanyon said the attack

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Speaker 1: had been declared a terrorist incident.

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Speaker 8: I have also authorized special powers under Section five and

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Speaker 8: Section six to ensure that if there is a third offender,

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Speaker 8: and we are currently investigating that at the moment, we

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Speaker 8: will make sure that we prevent any further activity. No

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Speaker 8: stone will be left unturned. This type of disgraceful activity,

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Speaker 8: this want and use of violence, the taking of innocent

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Speaker 8: lives is unacceptable to New South Wales.

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Speaker 1: That story is unfolding fast and we'll have much more

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