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Australia Shooting
Hero Gets a Big Reward

Dec 17, 2025 8:29 AM CST

Australia Shooting Hero Gets a Big Reward

$1.5M raised for Ahmed al Ahmed—'the best of our country,' according to PM Anthony Albanese

(Newser) - Ahmed al Ahmed went out for coffee at Sydney's Bondi Beach and ended up at the center of one of Australia's worst hate attacks—but also a national outpouring of gratitude, per CBS News . The 44-year-old Syrian-Australian shop owner, a Muslim father of two, was filmed ducking between...

Bondi Shooting Suspect Hit With Murder, Terror Charges

Surviving Bondi Suspect
Hit With 59 Charges

Dec 17, 2025 6:01 AM CST

Surviving Bondi Suspect Hit With 59 Charges

Suspect Naveed Akram, 24, survived massacre that killed 15; other suspect, now dead, was his father

(Newser) - The lone surviving suspect in Sunday's Bondi Beach massacre is now facing a sweeping list of 59 charges, including 15 counts of murder and terrorism, New South Wales police say. Authorities allege 24-year-old Naveed Akram and his father, 50-year-old Sajid Akram, opened fire at a Hanukkah celebration attended largely...

Family:Things Look 'Dire' for
Victim of Anti-Semitic Attack

Jan 2, 2020 7:02 AM CST

Family:Things Look 'Dire' for Victim of Anti-Semitic Attack

Relatives of 71-year-old Josef Neumann say he likely won't recover after Hanukkah stabbing

(Newser) - Just one of five Jewish people stabbed at a Hanukkah celebration in upstate New York is still hospitalized, but his family says his condition is "dire" and it doesn't look like he'll recover. "Doctors are not optimistic about his chances to regain consciousness" says a statement...

Hanukkah Stabbing Suspect
Was Kicked Out of Boot Camp

Dec 31, 2019 4:29 PM CST

Hanukkah Stabbing Suspect Was Kicked Out of Boot Camp

Marines won't say why Grafton Thomas left

(Newser) - The man charged with stabbing five people during a Hanukkah celebration in New York began boot camp to enter the US Marine Corps but was separated from the service a month later for “fraudulent enlistment,” military officials said Tuesday. A Marine Corps spokeswoman would not provide details on...

Hanukkah Suspect Had
Troubling Phone Searches

Dec 30, 2019 1:12 PM CST

Hanukkah Suspect Had Troubling Phone Searches

Grafton Thomas is charged with hate crimes after 5 people were stabbed at rabbi's house

(Newser) - The man accused of stabbing five people inside a rabbi's house during a Hanukkah celebration has been charged with federal hate crimes, reports NBC News . In the criminal complaint against Grafton Thomas, 37, authorities say they found handwritten journals in which Thomas expressed anti-Semitic views and made references to...

Attacker at Rabbi's Home:
'Nobody's Going Anywhere'

Dec 30, 2019 6:55 AM CST

Attacker at Rabbi's Home: 'Nobody's Going Anywhere'

Cuomo calls attack domestic terrorism

(Newser) - Chilling details have emerged from Saturday's stabbing attack during a Hanukkah celebration at a rabbi's home north of New York City. Police and witnesses say an attacker identified as Grafton E. Thomas closed the door of the Monsey home and told people "Nobody's going anywhere,"...

Suspect Held
in Stabbings
of 5 at NY
Hanukkah
Celebration

UPDATED

Dec 29, 2019 10:07 AM CST

Suspect Held in Stabbings of 5 at NY Hanukkah Celebration

Man apparently stormed Hanukkah celebration an hour north of NYC

(Newser) - A suspect is in custody after a man attacked a Hanukkah celebration at a rabbi’s home north of New York City late Saturday, stabbing and wounding five people before fleeing in a vehicle, police said. Grafton E. Thomas, 37, of Greenwood Lake, will face five counts of attempted murder,...