Grief Mixes With Anger at Funeral of Rabbi Killed in Bondi Beach Attack
The funeral for Rabbi Eli Schlanger on Wednesday was the first held for one of the 15 people killed in a mass shooting at a Jewish celebration in Sydney, Australia.
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The funeral for Rabbi Eli Schlanger on Wednesday was the first held for one of the 15 people killed in a mass shooting at a Jewish celebration in Sydney, Australia.
The authorities quickly arrested critics demanding accountability, signaling an expansive use of the security law to silence dissent over nonpolitical tragedies.
The police said they expected the death toll of 128 to rise as the authorities began combing through the charred apartment towers.
A funeral was held for Hezbollah’s military chief of staff and other members killed in an Israeli airstrike on an apartment in Beirut’s suburbs despite a year-long cease-fire between the two sides.
Several memorials were held in honor of the more than 130 people who were killed by Islamic State militants in coordinated attacks in and around Paris in 2015.
They arrive where the killings end, retrieving bodies, comforting families and bearing the emotional toll of a deadly struggle that shows no sign of stopping.
The bodies of 54 unidentified Palestinians were laid to rest at a mass burial site in Gaza. The bodies were returned by Israel to Gaza as part of the cease-fire deal.
Thousands paid their respects at a stadium in Nairobi. President William Ruto said the spirit of Mr. Odinga, who died at 80, “lives within every Kenyan and every African.”
Tens of thousands of mourners gathered at a stadium in Nairobi, Kenya, to pay their respects to opposition leader Raila Odinga. At least two people were killed, Kenya’s head of police operations told The Associated Press.
The deadly tumult was the latest example of officers using force to quell demonstrations in the country.