<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/bondi-shooting" rel="" target="" title="Bondi Beach terror "><span>Bondi Beach terror</span></a><span> attack, Australia's worst mass shooting in almost 30 years, has left at least 16 dead, including a gunman, and scores injured.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The horrific incident targeted Sydney's Jewish community, including families and children, at a beachfront Hanukkah event just before sunset on Sunday evening.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>LIVE UPDATES:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/bondi-beach-shooting-live-updates-latest-news-headlines/5a9bbb14-ef81-45a3-985d-da6b4062460e" rel="" target="" title="Bondi beach shooting"><strong><span>Bondi beach shooting</span></strong></a></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><h3><strong><span>How the Bondi Beach terror attack unfolded</span></strong></h3></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Emergency services were called to the Chanukah by the Sea event in Archer Park in Bondi at </span><strong><span>6.43pm (AEST)</span></strong><span> following reports of gunshots.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Two men wielding longarms opened fire from a small pedestrian footbridge near the grassy playground area at the northern end of Bondi Beach.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>First responders were on the scene less than 10 minutes after the initial call.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/bondi-beach-shooting-sydney-how-the-bondi-beach-terror-attack-unfolded/297ea10f-dd5e-4125-b991-83e346c2b766" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It is understood more than 1000 people were in the immediate area of the family festival celebrating the first night of Hanukkah, an eight-day Jewish holiday.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Eye witnesses have estimated hearing as many as 50 shots ring out.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Many initially thought the gunfire were fireworks, before taking shelter as best they could - some running into the Bondi surf and others into nearby cafes, pubs and restaurants.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>At about </span><strong><span>7pm</span></strong><span>, NSW Police issued a critical warning through social media alerting the public of a "developing incident" at the iconic beach, urging them to avoid the area.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Social media was soon flooded with videos from the scene, with reports of multiple casualties and scenes of heroics.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Social medai footage caught one man who wrestled a gun from an attacker.</span></div></div><div class="styles__Wrapper-sc-2o34ro-0 cmwkBV"><div class="styles__Column-sc-2o34ro-3 jJDKrX"><a href="/content/2025/12/15/01/11/bondi-beach-shooting-images-show-terror-attack-at-iconic-sydney-beach"><img alt="" sizes="(min-width: 1024px) 636px, (min-width: 768px) 396px, 100vw" src="https://imageresizer.static9.net.au/w0XvuwWCD0u-uThEtzReQvx3IfE=/0x567:7745x4924/396x223/https%3A%2F%2Fprod.static9.net.au%2Ffs%2F88dd22e0-f9a1-4ddb-8391-133b33814aa1" srcset="https://imageresizer.static9.net.au/w0XvuwWCD0u-uThEtzReQvx3IfE=/0x567:7745x4924/396x223/https%3A%2F%2Fprod.static9.net.au%2Ffs%2F88dd22e0-f9a1-4ddb-8391-133b33814aa1 396w, https://imageresizer.static9.net.au/y97-XmmRUJvrIq-xdtoO4c1wW8Q=/0x567:7745x4924/636x358/https%3A%2F%2Fprod.static9.net.au%2Ffs%2F88dd22e0-f9a1-4ddb-8391-133b33814aa1 636w"/></a></div><div class="styles__Column-sc-2o34ro-3 jJDKrX"><div class="styles__Headline-sc-2o34ro-4 hpbOlz">Grief as Sydney mourns dead killed in Bondi Beach terror attack</div><div class="styles__Button-sc-2o34ro-1 eBjlmW"><a class="styles__ButtonLink-sc-2o34ro-2 hqpklJ" href="/content/2025/12/15/01/11/bondi-beach-shooting-images-show-terror-attack-at-iconic-sydney-beach">View Gallery</a></div></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>WATCH:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/bondi-beach-shooting-heroic-man-disarms-gunman-turns-weapon-on-him/4d5e1253-c12c-4a84-9d42-b92fa175744b" target="" title="Hero wrestles gun from attacker"><strong><span>Hero wrestles gun from attacker</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The man, later identified as Ahmed el Ahmed, a Sydney father of two, calmly crept up on one of the alleged shooters, before tussling with him and disarming him.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>By </span><strong><span>7.41pm</span></strong><span>, authorities said two people were in police custody. Shortly after, they confirmed earlier reports of a second alleged incident in nearby Dover Heights were false.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The horror of the shooting was confirmed at around </span><strong><span>8.30pm</span></strong><span> when NSW Police Commissioner Mal Lanyon confirmed at least 12 people had died during the attack and at least 29 others had been injured.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>During the same address, Lanyon declared the shooting a "terror incident".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>One of the first victims identified in the mass shooting was Rabbi Eli Schlanger, an assistant Rabbi at Chabad of Bondi. He was a key organiser of the Chanukah by the Sea event.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/bondi-beach-shooting-what-happened-shooters-victims-everything-we-know/88ccfc15-8a38-49f8-875c-ef82ef57d9b2" rel="" target="" title="What we know about the Bondi Beach shooting"><strong><span>What we know about the Bondi Beach shooting</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><h3><strong><span>'No place for this hate' says Prime Minister</span></strong></h3></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese addressed the attack at a press conference at about 10pm on Sunday, labelling the scenes "shocking and distressing".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"An attack on Jewish Australians is an attack on every Australian and every Australian tonight will be, like me, devastated about this attack on our way of life," he told reporters.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"There is no place for this hate, violence and terrorism in our nation. Let me be clear we will eradicate it."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>NSW Premier Chris Minns also spoke out: "This cowardly act of terrifying violence was designed to target Sydney's Jewish community," Minns said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/bondi-beach-shooting-man-who-survived-israel-october-7-injured-in-mass-shooting/a5650f84-76a6-4566-9a11-af21aa8d6ec4"><strong><span>'An absolute massacre': Man injured in Bondi Beach shooting tells of chaos</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>As night fell, news of the horror filtered around the world, with world leaders sending their thoughts and prayers to Australia.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said his nation standing "in solidarity with Australia in the face of the brutal terrorist attack".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>French President Emmanuel Macron extended his thoughts, adding "we share the pain of the Australian people and will continue to fight relentlessly against antisemitic hatred".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/bondi-beach-shooting-witness-reports/8832cfb5-31a1-4fde-b30c-c95d498553c8" rel="" target="" title="'Everyone started screaming': Witnesses recall moment shooters open fire at Bondi Beach"><strong><span>'Everyone started screaming': Witnesses recall moment shooters open fire at Bondi Beach</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>British Prime Minister Keir Starmer labelled the attack "deeply distressing:.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>King Charles issued a statement about the horrific mass shooting, saying he was "appalled and saddened".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Meanwhile, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu launched another personal criticism of Albanese, blaming him for the Bondi attack.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I called upon you to replace weakness with action, appeasement with resolve," Netanyahu said in a video posted on the Israeli prime minister's official X account.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/bondi-beach-shooting-prime-minister-anthony-albanese-evil-attack/e73a640e-045e-4189-a1ba-05063794b0af" target="" title="PM says 'justice will be done'"><strong><span>PM says 'justice will be done'</span></strong></a><span></span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Instead, prime minister, you replaced weakness with weakness and appeasement with more appeasement."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Netanyahu also said he "saluted" the "great man" who tackled one of the terrorists and disarmed him.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/bondi-beach-shooting-who-are-the-bondi-shooters/b0fdd033-610d-4b47-98fd-25817e98e5df" target="_blank"><strong><span>What we know about the Bondi attackers</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>New York City, Berlin, and London all ramped up security for Hanukkah events following the Bondi Beach attack.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>New York City Mayor Eric Adams said extra protection was being deployed for Hanukkah celebrations and synagogues in New York City.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Berlin police said they were stepping up measures around the German capital's Brandenburg Gate, where a large electric menorah was lit to mark the first night of Hanukkah</span><strong><span>.</span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>VICTIMS:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/bondi-beach-shooting-terror-attack-victims-named/8e866d73-4e45-4198-b28b-3661b4d8ad58" target="_blank" title="Rabbi among those shot dead"><strong><span>Rabbi among those shot dead</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><h2><strong><span>The morning after</span></strong></h2></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>This morning, as Australians woke up, the national flags on the Sydney Harbour bridge were lowered in mourning for the victims of the attack. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>This morning, the official death toll from the shooting rose to 16, including one child.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Dan Elkayam, a French national, has been identified among those killed in the attack.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>French President Emmanuel Macron offered his sympathies in a statement on social media.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I learn with deep sadness of the death of our compatriot Dan Elkayam during the antisemitic terrorist attack in Sydney," Macron  said on X.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/bondi-beach-shooting-list-australia-mass-shootings-gun-violence/a019ffb1-a5ab-48dc-a9fc-d9f246e95722" rel="" target="" title="Bondi Beach shooting worst attack since Port Arthur massacre"><strong><span>Bondi Beach shooting worst attack since Port Arthur massacre</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I think of his family and loved ones and express to them the full solidarity of the nation."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>NSW Health today provided an update on the conditions of the patients rushed to hospital after yesterday's mass shooting.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>There are </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/bondi-beach-shooting-injured-40-in-hospitals-across-sydney-news/241a8dfd-ca5f-4939-bab2-4de5478806ba" rel="" target="" title="40 patients being treated across Sydney according to the latest details."><span>40 patients being treated across Sydney according to the latest details.</span></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A spokesperson confirmed 42 patients were hospitalised, with two - a 10-year-old girl and a 40-year-old man, not surviving.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>BONDI ATTACK:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/bondi-beach-shooting-who-are-the-bondi-shooters/b0fdd033-610d-4b47-98fd-25817e98e5df" rel="" target="" title="What we know so far"><strong><span>What we know so far</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police believe the ages of the victims range between 10 and 87 years old.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>As of 8am (AEDT) today, 12 patients are in a stable condition at Prince of Wales Hospital.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Three patients are at St George, one is critical and two are stable. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>One person is in a stable condition at Sutherland Hospital, while one person is in a critical condition at Sydney Eye Hospital.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Three patients are critical and five stable at St Vincent's Hospital. A further two people have been treated and discharged from St Vincent's.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Three patients critical but stable, one patient critical, one patient is stable, and one is yet to be assessed at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>One patient critical and two patients stable at Sydney Children's Hospital, in Randwick.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>One patient is critical but stable and one is in a stable condition at Royal North Shore Hospital. Two patients are in a stable condition at Liverpool Hospital.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The two patients who died had been receiving treatment at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, and Sydney Children's Hospital.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Campbell Parade at Bondi Beach remains closed this morning, drivers have been warned.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Eye witnesses have shared some of the horror from the nine minute attack.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Bridget Sarks, who witnessed the terror, described seeing "blood everywhere".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"There were kids screaming and blood everywhere, it was really horrible," </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/bondi-beach-shooting-witness-lost-voice-screaming-for-crowds-to-take-cover/7ad19831-ab6f-4a53-8c22-da86fbd7f95f" rel="" target="" title=" she told Today on Monday."><span>she told Today on Monday.</span></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Sarks and her partner, Tommy, had pulled up behind one of the alleged gunman's car on their Vespa and were just metres from one of the suspects when he opened fire.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"He was in the white pants and I've never seen a gun like that in my life," she said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Jacob Barnfield was finishing work in Bondi when he heard gunshots ring out near the promenade area at Bondi Beach. He ran towards the sound and the bloodshed.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I started ducking and weaving through cars in the park, trying to get a bit closer to the bridge," Barnfield told Today on Monday.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The closer the bridge, the more bodies you saw on the floor." </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He said he witnessed NSW police open fire on one of the alleged gunmen.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>This morning, the alleged gunmen behind the attack were identified as father and son Sajid Akram, 50, and Naveed Akram, 24.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Sajid is among the 16 killed in the attack. Naveed is in a critical condition in hospital under police guard.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>NSW Police Commissioner Mal Lanyon confirmed on Monday that Akram was a licensed firearms holder for about 10 years.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>There had been initial reports of a third shooter, however, Lanyon said authorities were no longer looking for a third suspect.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"If there's any other person associated with the two offenders that we believe was either involved or responsible for what took place, we'll take action," he told reporters.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"There were two persons involved yesterday. There were two persons in this atrocity. We are not looking for a third person who was involved in yesterday's attack directly."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Lanyon also confirmed two improvised explosive devices were found at the scene in Bondi and have been "rendered safe" by police specialists.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He said the bombs has been fairly "rudimentary", and likely to have been triggered by a wick.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I think they were fairly basic in terms of their construction," he said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Long lines have been seen in the CBD as an appeal has been made for </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/bondi-beach-shooting-how-to-help-where-to-donate-explainer/0e6b1ca5-4b47-4144-a752-7b354ccf959a" rel="" target="" title="Sydneysiders to donate blood to help victims."><span>Sydneysiders to donate blood to help victims.</span></a></div></div>