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A young miss and Holocaust survivors were among 15 radical changeable and killed erstwhile gunmen opened occurrence connected a Jewish Hanukkah festival gathering connected Australia's Bondi Beach a week ago.
The elder gunman, 50-year-old Sajid Akram, was killed successful a shootout with police.
His 24-year-old lad Naveed survived and has been charged connected aggregate counts including coercion and 15 murders.
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These are the 15 shooting victims, aged from 10 to 87:
'Ray of sunshine'
Ten-year-old Matilda died successful infirmary aft being wounded successful the shooting.
"Matilda is our small ray of sunshine," said the rabbi starring her ceremonial work this week successful Sydney, speechmaking a connection from her school.
"She is genuinely the astir kind, caring and compassionate young girl, who brightened everyone's time with her radiant grin and infectious laugh."
The girl's household asked for her surname not to beryllium made public.
Couple battled gunman
Retired mechanic and Bondi section Boris Gurman and his wife, Sofia, tackled Sajid Akram and were among the archetypal victims successful the shooting.
Dashcam footage showed Boris Gurman, 69, knocking Akram to the crushed and wresting distant his gun. His woman Sofia, 61, dashed towards him successful support.
But Akram reportedly managed to get different gun, and the mates were changeable and killed.
"Boris was a retired mechanic, and Sofia had been moving astatine Australia Post for the past 5 years. They lived honest, hardworking lives and treated everyone with attraction and respect," the household said successful a statement.
Oldest unfortunate
Retired technologist and Holocaust subsister Alex Kleytman, 87, was the oldest idiosyncratic killed.
"We were lasting and abruptly came the 'boom boom', and everybody fell down. At this moment, helium was down me, and astatine 1 moment, helium decided to spell adjacent to me. He pushed his assemblage up due to the fact that helium wanted to enactment adjacent me," his wife, Larisa, told The Australian newspaper.
Alex Kleytman was a autochthonal of Ukraine and a Holocaust survivor, according to a website of the Chabad movement, which represents a subdivision of Hasidic Jews and organised the Bondi event.
"The 2 gunmen killed him, but his memories, his legacy, and his books volition bring airy for generations to come," his household said.
'Amazing' Holocaust subsister
Another Holocaust survivor, Marika Pogany, was seated successful the beforehand enactment of the yearly Hanukkah lawsuit erstwhile the gunmen opened fire, Chabad said.
Aged 82, she had lived successful Australia for decades and was honoured successful 2022 for her enactment delivering kosher meals connected wheels, the radical said.
"Her kindness, laughter, and generosity near a lasting people connected everyone she met," her household said successful a statement.
'Protecting lives'
Reuven Morrison, reportedly a 62-year-old businessman who migrated from the Soviet Union successful the 1970s, has been praised for trying to distract the gunmen.
"From my sources and understanding, helium had jumped up the 2nd the shooting started. He managed to propulsion bricks astatine the terrorist," his girl Sheina Gutnick told CBS News successful Sydney.
"My beloved father, Reuven Morrison, was changeable dormant for being Jewish astatine a Hanukkah lawsuit connected Bondi Beach portion protecting lives."
Shielding a person
Tibor Weitzen, 78, was killed portion protecting a person astatine the event, which helium had reportedly joined with his woman and grandchildren.
His grandson Mendy Amzalak told The Australian that helium had rushed to the country connected the formation arsenic a archetypal responder.
"My woman called me, truthful I ran down to the formation with my defibrillator and the shooting was inactive going. I started treating people, and past I came crossed his body. He had been shielding a longtime person of his wife."
French amateur footballer
Dan Elkayam, a 27-year-old IT engineer, budding amateur footballer and French citizen, was gathering a caller beingness successful Sydney aft moving to Australia past year.
"He travelled the satellite and was known for his gentle, kind, amusive and loving nature, making friends wherever helium went," his household said.
Sydney's Rockdale Ilinden shot nine remembered Elkayam arsenic an "extremely talented and fashionable fig amongst teammates".
Ex-policeman, rugby instrumentality
Retired constabulary detective-sergeant and section rugby nine subordinate Peter Meagher was connected a freelance photographic duty astatine the Hanukkah festival.
"The tragic irony... that helium spent truthful agelong successful the unsafe beforehand enactment arsenic a Police Officer and was struck down successful status portion taking photos successful his passionateness relation is truly hard to comprehend," Randwick Rugby said successful a statement.
In a connection to Australian media, his household said they were "heartbroken" by his death.
Dad known for kindness
Rabbi Yaakov Levitan was a 39-year-old begetter of 4 renowned for his enactment for others, the Chabad question said.
He founded an inaugural helping charities to rise funds and was "known for his kindness and tireless enactment successful assisting others".
The joined antheral had 4 children aged six to 16, it said.
Rabbi 'the precise champion of us'
Rabbi Eli Schlanger -- known arsenic the "Bondi Rabbi" -- was among those killed.
The 41-year-old was a assemblage person and begetter of 5 who helped organise the Bondi Beach gathering.
"Anyone who knew him knew that helium was the precise champion of us," said Alex Ryvchin from the Executive Council of Australian Jewry.
Schlanger served arsenic a chaplain for the New South Wales correctional work and a large hospital, Chabad said.
'Walking astatine Bondi Beach'
Adam Smyth, a 50-year-old begetter of 4 and hubby to Katrina, was changeable and killed.
"Adam and Katrina were walking astatine Bondi Beach connected Sunday evening erstwhile they recovered themselves successful the mediate of the horrific and devastating attack," his household said successful a statement.
"Their shared emotion of household and friends, question and athletics -- if not ever the aforesaid squad -- made their clip unneurotic genuinely special."
'Very, precise passionate'
Anti-discrimination idiosyncratic Edith Brutman was besides among those killed, according to her Jewish assemblage work organisation, B'nai B'rith NSW, cited by the Sydney Morning Herald.
A chap idiosyncratic astatine B'nai B'rith, Ernie Friedlander, told the paper: "She was a precise clever lady, and she was very, precise passionate astir dealing with prejudice and discrimination."
'Warm, generous'
Described arsenic a "warm, generous, and profoundly sociable man", Boris Tetleroyd was killed and his lad wounded successful the attack, according to their family.
"Our beloved hubby and father, Boris Tetleroyd, was killed during the onslaught astatine the Hanukkah gathering successful Bondi. His son, Yakov Tetleroyd, was earnestly injured and is presently recovering aft aggregate surgeries," they said successful a connection to Australian media.
At the formation with household
Tania Tretiak, a 68-year-old grandmother, was the past idiosyncratic to beryllium identified among the dead.
Tretiak was named by her family, according to Australian nationalist broadcaster ABC. Local media said she was astatine the Hanukkah lawsuit with family.
