Australian woman shot during Bondi Beach attack dies almost a year later
Eva Geller, a 90-year-old Holocaust survivor, has died nearly a year after being shot during a mass shooting at a Bondi Beach synagogue. The attack, which killed 15 people, led to significant changes in Australian gun laws.
Why it matters
The death marks a tragic conclusion to a high-profile mass casualty event that reshaped national security and gun control policy in Australia.
Image source, Geller Family Image caption, Geller escaped the Holocaust as a child and eventually came to Australia
A 90-year-old woman who was shot during Australia's Bondi Beach attack last December has died in a Sydney hospital, almost a year after the mass fatal shootings.
Eva Geller was one of dozens who were seriously injured after two gunmen opened fire on a Jewish event in Bondi Beach on 14 December. Fifteen people were killed including a ten-year-old girl.
Rabbi Aron Moss from the Nefesh Synagogue said Geller, who escaped the Holocaust as a child, had remained as "positive, loving, and strong throughout her life, right until the end".
Australian leader Anthony Albanese has expressed his condolences, saying the country would never forget those who "continue to carry the pain" of last year's attacks.
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