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Bondi royal commission: report calls for better policing of Jewish festivals after โ€˜highโ€™ terror risk flagged for Hanukah event

Interim report contains 14 recommendations, after inquiry examined agenciesโ€™ actions before the attack in which 15 people were killed

Sydneyโ€™s Jewish community told police of a โ€œhighโ€ threat of an attack at Decemberโ€™s Chanukah by the Sea festival at Bondi beach, but New South Wales police appeared not to have completed a comprehensive risk assessment for the event, an interim royal commission report has found.

The interim report of the royal commission into antisemitism and social cohesion, established in the wake of Decemberโ€™s terror attack, found no gap in current laws that could have prevented the shooting. But it did call for greater coordination of policing at Jewish festivals and events.

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ยฉ Photograph: Mick Tsikas/EPA

ยฉ Photograph: Mick Tsikas/EPA

ยฉ Photograph: Mick Tsikas/EPA

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