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Death toll climbs to 16 after mass shooting at Sydney’s Bondi Beach

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Police report that a father-and-son duo carried out the attack at a Jewish celebration, with victims ranging in age from 10 to 87.

SYDNEY: Australian police said on Monday that the alleged offenders behind an attack at a Jewish celebration in Sydney’s Bondi beach that killed 15 people, were a father and son duo. One of the gunmen was also killed, bringing the death toll to 16.

It was the country’s worst gun attack in about 30 years.

The father, a 50-year old, was killed at the scene while his 24-year-old son was in critical condition in the hospital, the police said in the press conference on Monday.

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