Widow of Holocaust survivor killed in Bondi attack slams Prime Minister Anthony Albanese

Phoebe Griffiths
NewsWire
A widow who received support from King Charles but not the PM has delivered a stinging rebuke of Anthony Albanese’s response to terror.
A widow who received support from King Charles but not the PM has delivered a stinging rebuke of Anthony Albanese’s response to terror. Credit: Supplied Source Known

The widow of holocaust survivor Alex Kleytman, killed in the Bondi Beach terror attack says she does not want to hear from the Prime Minister.

Larisa and Alex Kleytman were attending the Chanukah by the Sea celebration on December 14 when they started to hear gunshots.

Ms Kleytman told Nine as the horror began, the two tried to take cover but she couldn’t lay flat, so she pushed her head under a chair.

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Moments later, she heard his scream and she realised he was shot.

She believes her husband was shielding her from the bullets, which killed him and 14 other innocent people.

In the wake of the tragedy, Ms Kleytman says she is “overwhelmed with grief” but has been supported by members of the community.

She received a personal letter from King Charles III and said she has also been shocked with the support of strangers.

However, she says she has not heard from Anthony Albanese.

“I don’t want to, I don’t trust him,” she said on A Current Affair.

“He tell how he was doing everything. He has doing nothing. He has to protect every people, not just Jewish. He has to protect everybody.”

“People I never saw before in my life. They came, they just speak with me. They bring food, they bring anything.”

“We should feel free, like everybody else,” she said.

Mr Albanese has recalled Parliament for two days next week in order to introduce new national security legislation.

The bill targets hate speech and gun laws in the wake of the terror attack.

“Of course more could have always been done. Governments aren’t perfect. I’m not perfect. We have engaged in a constructive way,” Mr Albanese said during a press conference last year.

“I’m determined to make sure that we come through this as a nation, that we don’t allow this to define us or to divide us,” he said.

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