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Ashes Test to Open With Tributes as Cricket Unites After Bondi Terror Attack

Officials say the Hanukkah shooting targeted Sydney’s Jewish community in an antisemitic attack.

Overview

  • England and Australia will wear black armbands, observe a minute’s silence and see flags at half-mast at Adelaide Oval, with John Williamson to perform “True Blue” before play.
  • South Australia Police will introduce additional protocols at the ground, with specially trained officers deployed as a precaution for the third Test.
  • Cricket Australia and the England & Wales Cricket Board issued a joint message of solidarity for victims, their families and the Jewish community.
  • Australia captain Pat Cummins urged people to donate blood, as national appeals highlighted an urgent need for donors including O-type blood.
  • Police identified a father and son as the alleged gunmen, with the father killed at the scene and the son under guard in hospital, after 15 people were slain and dozens injured.