Australia - Mass shooting at Bondi Beach Hanukkah Celebration - 14 Dec 2025

[drsleuth]

The image I've seen of a gun seemed to be a shotgun (ABC). Shotguns are brutal at close range. You don't have to have good aim to hit people, and they do a lot of damage.

MOO

Yes, so darn sad, this is not Australia.

 

[MassGuy]

I fear there is going to be alot of fatalities ................some horrific videos on SM showing multiple people receiving CPR........

Unfortunately. One video I saw had 3 dead, and two people having CPR performed on them. It was a small area too.

 

[drsleuth]

I've alerted the mods that there are two thread

 

[drsleuth]

I've alerted the mods that there are two threads

 

[LadyL]

is this at a particular venue or were they shooting people on the actual beach?

 

[drsleuth]

5m ago

Weapon seen lying on the ground at Bondi​

By Andrew Thorpe​

Footage from the scene shows what appears to be a pump-action shotgun lying on the ground next to a baseball cap, with an officer standing nearby.

We can't and shouldn't assume whether or not the weapon belonged to the shooter, and police could be seen wielding similar weapons earlier.

(ABC News)

(ABC News)

3m ago

Crowds being told to move back​

By Georgie Hewson​

The public is continually being moved back further and further from the scene.

There are police officers with tears in their eyes telling people to move on.

There are a lot of public who’ve come down to have a look.

I’m now hearing a message from the police helicopter Which is circling the beach telling people who are not emergency services to move on .

2m ago

Emergency services still arriving at the scene​

By Andrew Thorpe​

Sean Tarek Goodwin tells ABC News it's still chaotic on the ground, with sirens still blaring as more emergency services arrive.

There are also a lot of civilians beyond the exclusion zone, he says, but they appear to be mostly helping the injured.

2m ago

PM briefed by federal police commissioner, state premier​

By Annabel Bowles​

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is in Canberra and has received briefings from the AFP commissioner and NSW premier.

We'll share more with you as soon as we have it.

Live: 'Horrifying' attack on Jewish community in Bondi leaves 12 dead, dozens injured

Police say there are multiple fatalities following a shooting near a Jewish gathering at Sydney's Bondi Beach. Follow live.

www.abc.net.au

 

[LadyL]

Yes, so darn sad, this is not Australia.

I was just thinking that ...

 

[Rikissa]

DOuble threads, please use this thread instead for discussion:

Thread 'Australia - Mass shooting at Bondi Beach Hanukkah Celebration - 14 Dec 2025'

Sunday at 3:24 AM

Report: mass shooting at Hanukkah event in Australia​

Around 2,000 people were evacuated from a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach after reports of a shooting and multiple fatalities; witnesses described chaos as people fled, with police responding to the scene​

ynet|03:16

A mass panic erupted today at Bondi Beach during Hanukkah festivities, as unconfirmed reports suggest a shooting and multiple fatalities. Around 2,000 members of the Jewish community were gathered for the celebration when the incident occurred. Opposition Leader Kelly Sloane was about to address the...

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[drsleuth]

3m ago19.59 AEDT
There was a Hanukah event on at Bondi beach tonight. A listing describing the event said it was set to take place from 5pm to 9pm at the Bondi Park Playground, with free admission.

The event was called Chanukah By The Sea and hosted by the Chabad of Bondi.

Sunday was the first day of the Jewish festival Hanukkah.

“Join Chabad of Bondi for our Annual Chanukah Festival as We Celebrate Jewish Life by lighting up the Iconic Bondi Beach,” an advertisement for the event stated.

Bondi beach shooting live updates: PM condemns ‘evil antisemitism’ as death toll from terror attack at Jewish festival rises to 12

Further 29 people in hospital, after attack on Sydney beach where Hanukah event was taking place

www.theguardian.com

 

[iamshadow21]

Yes, so darn sad, this is not Australia.

That's the thing, it is.

This kind of gun violence does happen. And saying that it doesn't happen here doesn't help.

We just have to look at the police shootings in Queensland and Victoria in the recent past. Those people might have had a different political agenda to these shooters, but they all used guns to act out their extremist missions.

We need to be examining closely our laws and procedures to do with gun availability, and licensing. If the guns are illegally sourced, we need to be working on shutting down those avenues.

Being proactive is the way to keep our gun crime low. Our laws work. But we need robust systems of checking backgrounds and tracing firearms to enable the laws to work.

MOO

 

[LadyL]

I also started a thread here

Post in thread 'Australia - Mass shooting at Bondi Beach Hanukkah Celebration - 14 Dec 2025'

Sunday at 3:28 AM

Bondi Beach shooting live updates: Sixteen dead, including child

Police believe there were two shooters, with one dead and another in custody. Follow live coverage.

www.9news.com.au

Bondi Beach incident live updates: People told to take shelter as police respond to reports of shooting​

'Anyone at the scene should take shelter'
By April Glover19:16
A major police operation is unfolding at Bondi Beach in Sydney's eastern suburbs right now.
Police have urged people to take shelter and avoid the area as officers respond to the situation.
"Anyone at the scene should take shelter," NSW Police have said in a statement.
"Police are...

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I did look before I made it & couldn't see another??

both threads posted at exactly the same time

 

[MassGuy]

Multiple people dead after mass shooting at Bondi Beach​

At least three people are dead and an unknown number injured according to multiple sources at the scene.

Eyewitnesses have described the horror as graphic video suggests the death toll could climb even higher after at least two gunmen opened fire at a Jewish festival being held at Bondi Beach in what was the first night Hanukkah.

Gunmen opened fire just after 6.30pmas hundreds of Sydneysiders attended the Chanukah by the Sea event to celebrate the start of the Jewish festival.

 

[drsleuth]

 

[drsleuth]

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4m ago

The view from the sky as emergency crews crowd Bondi​

By Andrew Thorpe​

We've got a chopper up in the sky now.

This shot will give you some idea of the number of people that have descended on Bondi in the aftermath of this evening's shooting.

(ABC News)
Emergency crews are still treating people at the Bondi Park playground.

(ABC News)

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Multiple fatalities, police say​

By Annabel Bowles​

Police say there are multiple fatalities and that there's no longer an active threat, with two shooters in custody.

ABC reporter Digby Werthmuller is at the scene and has been speaking to police media officers.

"Police believe that there is to be multiple fatalities," he said.

"They have told me that the active threat, those shooters have been neutralised by police and there's no ongoing active threat to the public down here in Bondi.

"But it's very much still an active scene down here with police and ambulance coming and going.

"So they do just want to reiterate for people to stay home and not come down to Bondi."

Live: 'Horrifying' attack on Jewish community in Bondi leaves 12 dead, dozens injured

Police say there are multiple fatalities following a shooting near a Jewish gathering at Sydney's Bondi Beach. Follow live.

www.abc.net.au

 

[Mo Thuairim]

In a statement, Israeli President Isaac Herzog said: "Our sisters and brothers in Sydney have been attacked by vile terrorists in a very cruel attack on jews who went to light the first candle of Hanukkah on Bondi Beach."

Two people in custody after gunshots at Bondi Beach

Australian police have said two people were in custody after reports of gunshots and injuries at Sydney's Bondi Beach.

www.rte.ie

 

[sapphire blue]

https://www.news.com.au/national/nsw-act/nsw-police-are-urging-people-to-avoid-bondi-beach/news-story/507c72e792348a04730a3157e69e5cec

10 confirmed dead

Flyers had invited people to celebrate Chanukah by the sea, there was also the Bondi market happening.

I’m devastated and disgusted, I believe this was targeted terrorism.

 

[drsleuth]

Bondi Beach shooting live updates: Two people in custody after dozens of shots fired at Sydney beach; multiple casualties reported

People have been reporting hearing up to 50 gunshots in the vicinity of Campbell Parade as police advised people to avoid the area.

www.smh.com.au

8.27pm

Bystander tackles gunman in incredible footage​

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[drsleuth]

‘Shelter’: Two in custody as mass fatality reports emerge

LIVE UPDATES: NSW Police are urging anyone in the Bondi area to stay away after two gunman opened fire at Bondi Beach.

thenightly.com.au

Warning video in link of shooting

 

[Sarahlou]

A witness told Daily Mail: 'These men pulled over their car put a black flag with an emblem on the windshield then walked over the footbridge and started firing.'

Fears of mass casualties as gunman opens fire at Bondi Beach

NSW Police have confirmed shots were fired in Bondi on Sunday.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[iamshadow21]

Bondi Beach shooting live updates: Two people in custody after dozens of shots fired at Sydney beach; multiple casualties reported

People have been reporting hearing up to 50 gunshots in the vicinity of Campbell Parade as police advised people to avoid the area.

www.smh.com.au

8.27pm

Bystander tackles gunman in incredible footage​

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I think that gun they showed on ABC news for sure belonged to the shooter. The palm tree and path the civilian placed it at when the shooter ran off looks exactly the same.

I know heroics get people killed the vast majority of the time, but I don't think there's any question that civilian saved lives. And all he did was disarm the guy. He didn't kill him, though he could have. That takes courage, too.

MOO