At least 16 people were killed and 40 were injured after two gunmen opened fire at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia, on Sunday evening.

Police say at least 11 people were killed Sunday in a shooting attack on a Jewish community event at Sydney’s Bondi Beach.

Chicagoans gathered Sunday with heavy hearts to light the menorah on the first day of Hanukkah. The shooting, that left at least 15 dead and 42 wounded, was Australia's deadliest in nearly 30 years.

“There are not words strong enough to condemn violence directed toward the Jewish community,” Houston Mayor John Whitmire said.

A rare attack: Mass shootings are a rarity in Australia, which enacted strict gun laws after an attack that killed 35 people in 1996. The older suspect had licenses for six guns, according to investigators, and a total of six were recovered from the scene and two searched properties.

After an attack targeting a Jewish gathering at a famous Australian beach on Sunday killed at least 15 people, and two people were killed and nine others wounded in a shooting Saturday afternoon at Brown University,

If Australia is famous for anything, it’s the beach, relaxed summer holidays, and its very strict gun laws. The shooting on Dec. 14 that targeted Jews celebrating the first day of Hanukkah at Bondi Beach—a long stretch of sand surf and outdoor cafes just four miles from the center of Sydney—strikes at the heart of all of it,