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Slovak woman killed in Bondi Beach mass shooting, president says

AL-Monitor
Dec 15, 2025
Floral tributes are laid at Bondi Pavilion to pay respect to the victims of a shooting during a Jewish holiday celebration at Bondi Beach, in Sydney, Australia, December 15, 2025. REUTERS/Hollie Adams
Floral tributes are laid at Bondi Pavilion to pay respect to the victims of a shooting during a Jewish holiday celebration at Bondi Beach, in Sydney, Australia, December 15, 2025. REUTERS/Hollie Adams — Hollie Adams

Dec 15 (Reuters) - A ​woman from ​Slovakia was ⁠killed during a mass shooting at ​a ‍Jewish celebration at ​Sydney's famed Bondi Beach in Australia ⁠on Sunday, Slovak President Peter Pellegrini said on Monday.

"Already yesterday, I ​unequivocally condemned ⁠the ⁠brutal, deadly attack... Today, that grief has reached ‌Slovakia as ​well — among the victims of this senseless, ‍violent rampage was a Slovak ‌woman, Marika," ‌Pellegrini wrote on X.

(Reporting by Alan Charlish; ⁠Editing by Sharon Singleton)