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**(Scene: Two friends, Hana (Japanese) and Liam (American), are chatting over coffee in a Tokyo cafe. It's December 15th, 2025.)**
**Hana:** ☕ Liam! Did you hear anything about what happened in Australia? It's so awful!
**Liam:** No, Hana! What's going on? Something bad?
**Hana:** Yeah. There was a terrible shooting in Sydney. At Bondi Beach.
**Liam:** Bondi Beach? Wow! That's a famous place! What happened there?
**Hana:** A shooting. During a Jewish celebration – it was Hanukkah. They're saying 12 people died. And 29 were hurt. 🥺
**Liam:** Seriously? That’s terrible! Was it a single shooter?
**Hana:** It looks like two men opened fire from a bridge. The police think it was a terrorist attack. They even found bombs in a car nearby.
**Liam:** Bombs?! That's just…horrible. The article said one of the attackers was known to the authorities?
**Hana:** That’s right. Apparently, the intelligence people knew about him. Bondi Beach is near a Jewish community, so it seems very targeted.
**Liam:** So sad. The Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, called it a "devastating terrorist incident." I saw that online.
**Hana:** He did. And it’s even worse because it happened on the first day of Hanukkah! It’s meant to be a happy time.
**Liam:** I read that one of the people who died was from Israel.
**Hana:** Yes. The Israeli Foreign Minister is really upset. He even posted online about it. He’s saying there's been a lot of anti-Semitism in Australia recently. He’s also blaming the government for not acting on warnings.
**Liam:** That’s a really serious accusation. It's awful to think about something like that happening anywhere, especially somewhere like Australia. Sending my condolences to everyone affected. 🙏
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**(Scene: Two friends, Hana (Japanese) and Liam (American), are chatting over coffee in a Tokyo cafe. It's December 15th, 2025.)**
**Hana:** ☕ Liam! Did you hear anything about what happened in Australia? It's so awful!
**Liam:** No, Hana! What's going on? Something bad?
**Hana:** Yeah. There was a terrible shooting in Sydney. At Bondi Beach.
**Liam:** Bondi Beach? Wow! That's a famous place! What happened there?
**Hana:** A shooting. During a Jewish celebration – it was Hanukkah. They're saying 12 people died. And 29 were hurt. 🥺
**Liam:** Seriously? That’s terrible! Was it a single shooter?
**Hana:** It looks like two men opened fire from a bridge. The police think it was a terrorist attack. They even found bombs in a car nearby.
**Liam:** Bombs?! That's just…horrible. The article said one of the attackers was known to the authorities?
**Hana:** That’s right. Apparently, the intelligence people knew about him. Bondi Beach is near a Jewish community, so it seems very targeted.
**Liam:** So sad. The Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, called it a "devastating terrorist incident." I saw that online.
**Hana:** He did. And it’s even worse because it happened on the first day of Hanukkah! It’s meant to be a happy time.
**Liam:** I read that one of the people who died was from Israel.
**Hana:** Yes. The Israeli Foreign Minister is really upset. He even posted online about it. He’s saying there's been a lot of anti-Semitism in Australia recently. He’s also blaming the government for not acting on warnings.
**Liam:** That’s a really serious accusation. It's awful to think about something like that happening anywhere, especially somewhere like Australia. Sending my condolences to everyone affected. 🙏
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Shooting at Bondi Beach, Sydney, during Hanukkah resulted in 12 deaths & 29 injuries. Authorities suspect a terrorist attack by two men; bombs found nearby. Incident condemned as devastating & linked to rising anti-Semitism.
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ID: 991d8f77-1d02-4173-8aab-43aa15980137
Category ID: conversation_summary
URL: https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20251215_03/#conversation
Date: Dec. 15, 2025
Notes: 2025-12-15
Created: 2025/12/15 04:40
Updated: 2025/12/15 08:03
Last Read: 2025/12/15 08:03