Australian police have detained seven men during anti-terror raids in Sydney on Thursday as the country lays to rest the youngest victim of the deadly Bondi Beach attack.

For Australia’s tiny Jewish population, Bondi Beach was a refuge within a vast country that offered sanctuary to families fleeing a seething hate that killed six million of their kind within the lifetime of some of their oldest members.

The authorities are vowing to crack down after a mass shooting at a Jewish holiday celebration. Experts say that what the country needs might not be new laws.

It introduced stricter gun laws after the 1996 Port Arthur massacre, but some say they now need to be tightened further.

Australian media say the men in the vehicle were believed to have been on their way to Bondi Beach. SYDNEY: Armed Australian police arrested seven men in Sydney's southwest on Thursday (Dec 18) after a tip they may be plotting a "violent act" in the city still reeling from the Bondi Beach shooting.

The police found two homemade Islamic State flags in the car of the suspects, a 50-year-old man and his 24-year-old son.

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An afterthought for two Tests, spinner surpassed McGrath in first over, then settled into key holding role on sweltering day