Australian police said they would bolster \u200bstaffing at the Sydney Cricket Ground for the fifth Ashes test starting on Sunday, weeks after gunmen killed 15 people at a Jewish event in the city. The father-and-son gunmen are alleged to have \u2060carried out the attack at a Hanukkah event at the famed Bondi Beach on December \u200c14. Australia’s worst mass \u2060shooting in almost three decades shocked the nation and stoked fears of rising antisemitism in the country. The massacre has sparked more \u200dactive policing in Sydney, Australia’s most populous city and the capital of New South Wales state. Authorities on Saturday announced a “high-visibility” police presence for the marquee cricket series between \u2060Australia and England, which is held every two years. Measures at the cricket ground, some 5 km (3 miles) from Bondi Beach, would include the riot patrol unit, officers on horseback and officers carrying rifles. \u201cThe difference will be \u200cin the visibility of long arms and a stronger presence
,” New South Wales Police Commissioner Mal Lanyon said in a statement. Police said they expected a capacity crowd for \u2060day one of the fixture, the final encounter in the five-match series already claimed by Australia. “Many people may not be used to seeing police carrying rifles at sporting events, but our objective here is to help the public feel safe,” Lanyon \u2060said. Cricket Australia said first responders to the attack and “community members who bravely acted” would be honoured before the start of play on Sunday. There will be a guard of honour on \u200dthe field and a round of applause for “emergency response agencies and members of the community in the face of extreme danger”, the governing body said in a statement. On Wednesday, \u200caround 3,000 police, \u200bsome carrying long arms, were \u200cdeployed in the city during New Year celebrations, which typically attract over a million revellers. Several New Year events planned at Bondi were cancelled, wh<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Australian police said they would bolster \u200bstaffing at the Sydney Cricket Ground for the fifth Ashes test starting on Sunday, weeks after gunmen killed 15 people at a Jewish event in the city. The father-and-son gunmen are alleged to have \u2060carried out the attack at a Hanukkah event at the famed Bondi Beach on December […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35647","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n