Australia remembers the Sydney terror victims | EUROtoday

In Australia, folks at present commemorate the 15 individuals who died within the terrorist assault on a Jewish competition in Sydney per week in the past. On the well-known Bondi Beach, the place two assassins shot at a crowd final Sunday, folks had already arrived within the morning and sat collectively in a quiet circle on the seaside. Flags within the nation are flown at half-mast. At 6:47 p.m. (10:47 CET) – the time when the primary photographs had been fired – the inhabitants is known as upon to gentle a candle for the victims and to pause for a minute’s silence.

On at present’s National Day of Remembrance, the Prime Minister of the state of New South Wales, the place the terrorist assault occurred, referred to as for the institution of a fee of inquiry. It is the federal government’s obligation to guard its residents, Chris Minns advised the ABC broadcaster. That did not occur final Sunday. The occasions earlier than and on December 14th should subsequently be examined and conclusions drawn. There are voices which are additionally calling for such a fee from the state authorities.

A invoice to criminalize Islamic State (IS) flags and different “hateful” symbols and slogans will likely be launched within the New South Wales Parliament on Monday. The investigative authorities assume that the attackers had connections to IS or had been a minimum of ideologically influenced by it. The name “Globalize the Intifada” also needs to be banned. This refers back to the Palestinian uprisings in opposition to the Israeli occupation.

Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese admitted failures within the battle in opposition to anti-Semitism after the assault through the Jewish competition of lights Hanukkah. He additionally introduced stricter legal guidelines in opposition to hate preachers and hate speech. In addition, the strict gun legal guidelines are to be additional tightened and lots of of 1000’s of firearms are to be confiscated within the nation.