Anti-immigration protests to rock Sydney and Melbourne TODAY: Organisers warned to desert rallies
The NSW Premier has urged protesters to stay home as thousands prepare for massive demonstrations across Australia’s major cities.
Chris Minns has requested organisers of Sunday’s ‘Save Australia’ anti-immigration protests to abandon their events which were organised in the wake of last weekend’s Bondi Beach shooting.
Minns stressed that any protests had the potential to deepen the pain felt by communities as victims continue to grieve over the dozens of dead and wounded.
The attack occurred just before 7pm on Sunday, when Naveed Akram, 24, and his father Sajid, 50, allegedly opened fire during a Jewish Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach, killing at least 15 people and injuring 40 more.
Sajid was shot dead and Naveed taken into custody and charged with 59 offences including 15 counts of murder.
In Sydney, a ‘Put Australia First’ protest is scheduled to go ahead at 2pm in Prince Alfred Park and many notable politicians have already confirmed their attendance.
Independent MP Barnaby Joyce and One Nation Senator Sean Bell will also give speeches at the event.
Minns has warned everyone who plans on joining them: ‘Don’t do it. Don’t go ahead with it.’
NSW Premier Chris Minns has urged protesters to stay home in the lead up to Sunday’s planned ‘Save Australia’ demonstrations
Thousands of protesters are expected to storm the streets in the wake of last weekend’s deadly Bondi Beach terror attack (pictured, a demonstrator at an anti-immigration rally on August 31)
The Bondi Beach attack occurred just before 7pm on Sunday, when Naveed Akram, 24 (pictured), and his father Sajid, 50, allegedly opened fire during a Jewish Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach, killing at least 15 people and injuring 40 more
The premier stressed that it was not an appropriate time to demonstrate while victims are still ‘burying their dead’.
‘Right now, people are burying their dead. They’re coming together as a community,’ he said.
‘The Jewish community are coming together to mourn the loss of so many people in their family.’
Minns said Australians should hold back and that the temperature needed to be lowered ‘in what is undeniably a combustible situation’.
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