Australia: Barrot, French citizen among victims of Bondi Beach attack

Milan, 14 December (LaPresse) – ‘It is with immense sadness that we have learned that our compatriot Dan Elkayam is among the victims of the cowardly terrorist attack that struck Jewish families gathered on Bondi Beach in Sydney on the first day of Hanukkah. We mourn together with his family and loved ones, the Jewish community and the Australian people in mourning.’ This is what French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot wrote in a post on social media. ‘This despicable act is a new tragic manifestation of a revolting wave of anti-Semitic hatred that we must defeat,’ he added. “France will spare no effort to eradicate anti-Semitism wherever it manifests itself and to combat terrorism in all its forms. The lights of Hanukkah must not be extinguished, and they will not be extinguished.”