Mourners attend a tribute to Frenchman Dan Elkayam, one of the victims killed during a shooting at an event for the Jewish festival of Hanukkah on Bondi Beach in Sydney, in Le Bourget, on the northern outskirts of Paris, on December 16, 2025.
Sajid Akram and his son Naveed opened fire on people thronging the famous beach for the Jewish festival of Hanukkah on December 14, 2025 evening, killing 15 people and wounding dozens more. Authorities said the attack was designed to sow panic among the nation's Jews, but have so far given little detail about the gunmen's deeper motivations.