Local community, lawmakers react to Australia’s mass shooting

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) – A mass shooting on a beach in Australia killed at least 15 people, including a 10-year-old girl, with dozens more injured. Police identified the suspects as a father and son and said it was a terrorist attack that occurred at the start of the Jewish festival of Hanukkah.

Local lawmakers reacted to the tragedy and its impact on the community.

Georgia Senator Jon Ossoff released a statement in response saying in part, “This brutal attack has shaken the Jewish community in Georgia and nationwide, but Jews refuse to be intimidated by cowardly antisemitic violence.”…

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