Bondi Beach shooting: What we know so far
The attack is the deadliest mass shooting in Australia in nearly 30 years.
On Sunday evening in Australia, two gunmen opened fire on a Hanukkah event on Sydney鈥檚 Bondi Beach in Australia. Fifteen people were killed and dozens more are in hospital.
In this episode we鈥檙e going to look at what we know about what happened and talk about why the Jewish community in Australia were already concerned about their safety before the shooting.
Australia has some of the strictest gun laws in the world - we鈥檒l also talk about how they work and why some people are now calling for them to be tightened. 麻豆社鈥檚 William Lee Adams joins us to help
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