{"id":19840,"date":"2025-12-15T00:54:44","date_gmt":"2025-12-14T16:54:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=19840"},"modified":"2025-12-15T00:54:44","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T16:54:44","slug":"bondi-beach-shooting-spore-strongly-condemns-act-of-terrorism-says-pm-wong-in-letter-to-australian-pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=19840","title":{"rendered":"Bondi Beach shooting: S\u2019pore strongly condemns act of terrorism, says PM Wong in letter to Australian PM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">SINGAPORE &#8211; <!-- -->Prime Minister Lawrence Wong said that Singapore strongly condemns the Dec 14 shooting <!-- -->at Sydney\u2019s Bondi Beach that has killed at least 12 people and left nearly 30 hospitalised.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">In a letter to his Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese on Dec 14, PM Wong wrote: \u201cSingapore strongly condemns this act of terrorism. Such acts have no place in our societies, and undermine the peace and security we all cherish.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Two suspected gunmen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/asia\/australianz\/at-least-10-dead-after-shooting-at-sydneys-bondi-beach-on-jewish-holiday?ref=inline-article\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"gap-x-04 items-center inline text-primary-60 select-auto\" aria-label=\"link\" target=\"_blank\" data-testid=\"custom-link\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular inline\" data-testid=\"paragraph-test-id\">had opened fire near the famed beach<\/p>\n<p><\/a> as around 1,000 people celebrated the first night of the Jewish Hannukah festival on the evening of Dec 14.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">At least 29 others, including two police officers have been hospitalised. One of the alleged shooters is dead, while the other is in custody in critical condition after the incident which has been classified by Australian police as a terrorist incident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">\u201cThis senseless violence struck a place cherished by Australians and visitors alike, including many Singaporeans,\u201d PM Wong said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">\u201cOn behalf of the Government of Singapore, I extend my deepest condolences to the families who have lost loved ones, and my heartfelt sympathy to those who were injured,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">He added that Singapore stands firmly with Australia in solidarity and support during this \u201cpainful and difficult time\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">He had also written in a Facebook post at about 11.15pm<!-- --> that he was deeply saddened to learn of the tragic incident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">\u201cMy thoughts are with all those who are affected,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">During a press conference on Dec 14, Mr Albanese condemned the targeted attack, saying the evil that was unleashed was \u201cbeyond comprehension\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bondi Beach shooting: Bystander who tackled gunman hailed \u2018a genuine hero\u2019\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/X4_FS3H8kic?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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gun crime<\/span><\/button><button data-testid=\"button-test-id\" class=\"layer-one border-default border interactive-button text-primary disabled:layer-disabled hover:disabled:layer-disabled default\" aria-label=\"button for Terrorism\"><span class=\"font-button-md-semibold\">Terrorism<\/span><\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/singapore\/bondi-beach-shooting-spore-strongly-condemns-act-of-terrorism-says-pm-wong-in-letter-to-australian\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SINGAPORE &#8211; Prime Minister Lawrence Wong said that Singapore strongly condemns the Dec 14 shooting at Sydney\u2019s Bondi Beach that has killed at least 12&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1864,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2611],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-headlines","wpcat-2611-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19840","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19840"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19840\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}