A suspected gunman in Sydney's Bondi Beach massacre was charged with 59 offenses including 15 charges of murder on Wednesday, as hundreds of mourners gathered to begin funerals for the victims.

Naveed Akram, the surviving suspect in Sunday's mass shooting at Bondi Beach in Sydney, has been charged with 59 offences, including 15 counts of murder and one of committing a terrorist act, according to the New South Wales local court. The other gunman, his father Sajid Akram, 50, was killed in an exchange of fire with police at the scene.

About 200 people participated in a commemorative swim at Sydney’s Bondi Beach on Wednesday to pay tribute to the victims of Sunday's mass shooting.

A Holocaust survivor, a 10-year-old and a Chabad rabbi were among the 15 people killed when two gunmen opened fire on a Hanukkah event at Australia's Bondi Beach on Sunday. Hundreds of people had gathered to mark the first day of the Jewish festival before the attackers struck at the event in Sydney.

Fashion designer Pip Edwards shared her account of getting caught in the Dec. 14 shooting in Sydney in an Instagram post on Monday, Dec. 15.

The victims of a mass shooting at Sydney's Bondi Beach range from a 10-year-old girl with a gentle soul to an 87-year-old Holocaust survivor.