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15-12-2025
Bureau Report + Agencies
SYDNEY: New South Wales (NSW) Police say 11 people have been killed in a shooting at Bondi Beach targeting the Jewish community, with 29 taken to hospital – including a child.
Eli Schlanger, a British-born rabbi, was among those killed in the attack, his family has confirmed.
The shooting happened while an event was being held to mark the start of Hanukkah. Police say more than 1,000 people were in attendance.
One gunman has been killed and a second suspect is in critical condition, police say.
One video gives the clearest picture yet of how the Bondi Beach attack was carried out.
Mass shootings are rare in Australia, which makes the incident “more shocking”, NSW Premier Chris Minns says.
Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese describes the attack as “an act of evil antisemitism, terrorism that has struck the heart of our nation.”
An eyewitness tells media how he consoled a four-year-old girl separated from her parents at the scene, while a British man living nearby hid in his wardrobe as people were “running and screaming”.
A nearly 11-minute continuous video, filmed from about 50 meters away, reveals how the attack on the Hanukkah celebration unfolded and how police and bystanders responded.
It’s unclear how soon the recording began after the attack started, but it opens with one gunman already on the footbridge between Campbell Parade and Archer Park while the second, in distinctive white trousers and a backpack, shoots at a fleeing person.
The pair then direct sustained fire towards the event. The attacker on the bridge fires almost continuously, occasionally repositioning a spare long-barrelled gun at his feet. He descends the bridge stairs towards Archer Park only once, and for less than ten seconds, before returning to his elevated position. In the nearly six minutes before he is shot, he pauses only to reload and to threaten people who stray too close on Campbell Parade.
The second attacker crosses the bridge and moves towards a tree roughly 30 meters from the Hanukah gathering. He continues firing until separate verified footage shows him being disarmed by a bystander and he returns to the bridge, picking up the spare weapon.
A police vehicle passes within the first 22 seconds of the video, and there are sirens sounding throughout, but after two minutes, witnesses can be heard shouting ‘Where are the cops?’
It’s more than four minutes into the video before incoming shots targeting the attackers strike the bridge. About 30 seconds later, the attacker in white trousers is hit first and collapses. About a minute later the remaining gunman is also shot, drawing cheers from onlookers.
The aftermath is chaos. People run onto the bridge despite shouted warnings, some attacking the injured gunmen and clashing with each other.
The first police officer steps onto the bridge after seven minutes, closely followed by others who work to restrain bystanders and clear the scene. Police vehicles arrive, and in the final minute the camera turns briefly towards the Hanukkah event where people are tending to victims.
Drone footage shared on social media platform X appears to show the attackers on a bridge.
One can be seen firing shots. Another lies still on the bridge and does not appear to be moving.
Earlier on Sunday, police said one gunman had been killed while a second suspect was in a critical condition. (Int’l Monitoring Desk)
