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Bondi Beach Shooting News Live Updates: Australian police say a father and son carried out the Bondi Beach shooting, killing 15, as Trump and Netanyahu condemned the attack.
Bondi beach shooting news live updates: Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese preparing to lay flowers at the Bondi Pavillion at Bondi Beach, the scene of a shooting where 15 people were killed. (IMAGE: AFP)
An attack on a Jewish Hanukkah celebration at Sydney’s Bondi Beach on Sunday evening killed 15 people and left dozens injured, plunging Australia into a day of mourning. Emergency services responded to reports of gunfire at around 6:47 pm local time at Bondi Beach, one of Sydney’s most popular tourist locations. The shooting took place during an annual Hanukkah event attended by about 1,000 people, police said.
Authorities said the attackers fired into the crowd, killing victims aged between 10 and 87. A 10-year-old girl later died in a children’s hospital. Forty-two people were hospitalised, including five in critical condition. Two police officers were wounded in a shootout with the attackers. Police identified the gunmen as a 50-year-old father, who was killed during the confrontation, and his 24-year-old son, who remains in critical condition under police guard. The father was licensed to own six firearms, all believed to have been used in the attack.
The incident was later declared a terrorist attack, triggering a joint counter-terrorism operation. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese called it an act of “pure evil”. US President Donald Trump described the shooting as a “purely antisemitic attack”, while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Australia’s government of failing to act strongly enough against antisemitism before the attack.
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Bondi Beach Firing News Live Updates: New South Wales Premier Chris Minns said public schools in parts of the state will remain closed following the Bondi Beach attack. He said the decision was taken to ensure safety and allow authorities to respond to the situation. Minns added that the Jewish community should be able to celebrate their faith without fear and called for a strong government, community and police response to the violence.
Bondi Beach Shooting News Live Updates: Shooter Held Valid Firearms Licence, Police Say
Bondi Beach Firing News Live Updates: New South Wales Police Commissioner Mal Lanyon said the 50-year-old gunman who was killed in the Bondi Beach attack was a registered member of a gun club and legally held a firearms licence. He said the man met eligibility requirements for recreational hunting and possessed a Category A and B licence, allowing him to own the long firearms used in the attack.
