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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Jordyn Beazley and Caitlin Cassidy

‘We are unbreakable’: defiance marks Bondi attack commemoration after PM is booed

Arsen Ostrovsky, who was injured in the Bondi beach terror attack, is hugged by the NSW opposition leader, Kellie Sloane, at the Light Over Darkness event on Sunday, which marked a week since the attack.
Arsen Ostrovsky, who was injured in the Bondi beach terror attack, is hugged by the NSW opposition leader, Kellie Sloane, at the Light Over Darkness event on Sunday, which marked a week since the attack. Photograph: Andrew Quilty/The Guardian

Jewish leaders have called for a federal royal commission into the Bondi terror attack, as some members of the crowd booed Anthony Albanese on arrival at the commemoration marking one week since 15 people were killed on the first day of Hanukah.

The president of the NSW Board of Jewish Deputies, David Ossip, said it “cannot be disputed” that a federal royal commission was needed, to loud cheers and applause from the crowd of up to 15,000 people gathered at Bondi, where a minute’s silence was held at 6.47pm, the time the attack began.

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