About a hundred people have gathered at a vigil outside Australia House in central London to pay tribute to the victims of a terrorist attack in Sydney.

At least 16 people, including a British-born rabbi, have died and 38 were injured when two “terrorist” gunmen targeted a Jewish celebration at Bondi Beach on Sunday, Australian police said.

Yisroel Lew, a rabbi at Chabad of Bloomsbury and Marylebone, spoke at the gathering organised by Stop the Hate UK on Sunday night.

Wishing every attendee an “illuminated Hanukkah”, he said: “Just a small amount of light, a small good deed, can drive away a long darkness and that has always been the Jewish response, that remains our response.

“After hearing what happened this morning, the first thought was: how can we get more light, how can we bring

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