Christmas celebrations were muted at Sydney’s famed Bondi Beach on Thursday in ⁠the aftermath of a antisemitic terror attack that killed 15 people there more than a week ago, as the community continued to grapple with the country’s deadliest mass shooting in nearly three decades.

Police patrolled across the beachfront in Bondi, a traditional Christmas destination, as hundreds of people, many wearing Santa ‍hats, gathered on the sands.

“I think it’s tragic, and I think ‍everybody respects and is very sad for what happened, and I think people here are out on the beach, because it’s like a ⁠celebration but everybody has got it in their memories and everybody is respectful of what happened,” British tourist Mark Conroy told Reuters.

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