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

[Lucy6226]

“A court last week placed an interim suppression order over the police statement of alleged facts, but new orders today paved the way for a redacted version of the document to be released.

It reveals allegations Naveed Akram and his father threw four improvised explosive devices (IED) towards the crowd in Archer Park — where a Jewish event was being held — when they arrived at the scene.”


“They did not detonate, but police said the items were assessed as "viable".”

Bondi gunmen filmed 'firearms training' and threw IEDs into crowd, court told

The Bondi gunman accused of killing 15 people conducted "firearms training" in a regional area with his father and recorded a video about their "justification" for the attack, according to documents released by a Sydney court.

www.abc.net.au

Thank goodness they did not detonate, 4 IED's would have caused so many deaths and devastating injuries for any survivors.

 

[Via Marple]

I wonder if they are radicalised Australians?
Because usually they could deport a convicted criminal who is a citizen of another country. imo

In that linked (above) article, Alex Ryvchin (Executive Council of Australian Jewry co-CEO) talks about trying to understand what it is that leads young men living in Australia - having some of the greatest freedoms in the world - to willingly choose a medieval ideology where they give up their own lives to murder others.
That we just don't know exactly how many people hold this ideology.

I imagine that what Alex says applies around the world.

BBM

I can think of a word - cult. And the process is called brainwashing.

That angle explains a lot to me.

MOO

 

[Marg944]

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[BetteDavisEyes]

Bondi gunmen threw homemade bombs before shooting and conducted training, police say

The new allegations about the massacre were made public Monday, while Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese apologized after being booed while attending a vigil for the victims.

www.nbcnews.com

The father and son accused of killing 15 people at a Hanukkah celebration threw four homemade explosive devices at the Bondi Beach crowd before the mass shooting, investigators alleged in court documents released Monday.

The two suspects, 24-year-old Naveed Akram and his 50-year-old father, Sajid Akram, conducted training ahead of the attack and recorded a video stating their justification, Australian police said. The new allegations about the preparations for the massacre were made public Monday as Naveed Akram appeared in court via video from a Sydney hospital, having been charged with murder and terrorism.

Authorities are probing whether the suspects, who they have said were inspired by the Islamic State terrorist group, received any external support. They are focusing on their travel in November to the southern Philippines, seen in the past as a hot spot for extremism...

 

[nhmemorymaker]

Bondi gunmen threw homemade bombs before shooting and conducted training, police say

The new allegations about the massacre were made public Monday, while Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese apologized after being booed while attending a vigil for the victims.

www.nbcnews.com

The father and son accused of killing 15 people at a Hanukkah celebration threw four homemade explosive devices at the Bondi Beach crowd before the mass shooting, investigators alleged in court documents released Monday.

The two suspects, 24-year-old Naveed Akram and his 50-year-old father, Sajid Akram, conducted training ahead of the attack and recorded a video stating their justification, Australian police said. The new allegations about the preparations for the massacre were made public Monday as Naveed Akram appeared in court via video from a Sydney hospital, having been charged with murder and terrorism.

Authorities are probing whether the suspects, who they have said were inspired by the Islamic State terrorist group, received any external support. They are focusing on their travel in November to the southern Philippines, seen in the past as a hot spot for extremism...

in hindsight, the stealth operation is clear. But there is not enough foresight that can scope out these stealth operations before they conduct their 'event'. How many may come?

 

[drsleuth]

14h ago17.18 AEDT

Luca Ittimani
Palestine supporters gather in Sydney to oppose NSW’s new anti-protest laws

Protestors are gathering outside Sydney’s town hall to advocate against news laws restricting protests, expected to pass New South Wales parliament tomorrow.

Close to 200 are standing between Town Hall and the light rail stop.. Some are handing out flyers reading “No to Minns’ new anti-protest laws”.

More than a dozen are wearing keffiyehs. One waves a flag for Teachers for Palestine, one of four groups promoting the rally on Instagram over the weekend. An attendee hands out magazines for left wing activist group Solidarity; another flies a flag for Extinction Rebellion; another holds a sign reading “to the sea”.

As the bells struck 5 o’clock, the rally’s scheduled start time, more police approached the square. At least a dozen officers watch the growing crowd.

13h ago17.52 AEDT

Luca Ittimani
Anti-Zionist speaker says rally against new anti-protest laws also a vigil for Bondi victims

Michelle Berkon, who was escorted from the Bondi memorial while wearing a keffiyeh a week ago, says Sydney’s rally serves as vigil for those unwilling to mourn at the Bondi site where 15 were killed

Berkon, a speaker at tonight’s rally and member of the group Jews Against the Occupation ’48, tells Guardian Australia the memorial’s Israeli flags prevented anti-Zionist Jews from mourning at the site:

It should not have been politicised, but it was stolen from us and our right to mourn. ... [So] we wanted this [rally] as a vigil.


People have spoken to us that they couldn’t come to the vigil, because they were not prepared to show deference to the Israeli flag. ... turning up to lay flowers or whatever when the whole event had been co-opted to look like nothing to do with the Jewish community, and everything to do with the Zionists.

The rally begins with an acknowledgement of country and condemnation of the terror attack. Berkon is welcomed with loud applause by a still-growing crowd, which she invites to observe a minutes’ silence.

Protestors listen calmly, cheer as new speakers take the microphone and cry “shame” when Chris Minns’ name is mentioned.

13h ago18.07 AEDT

Luca Ittimani
Crowd at Sydney rally against new anti-protest laws chants ‘globalise the intifada’

The crowd rallying at Town Hall has chanted “globalise the intifada”, defying the NSW premier’s plan to ban the phrase and his warning that it may already be illegal

The chant followed an address from author Sara Saleh, who said the shooting at Bondi had been weaponised to limit the human right to protest:

It was Zionists who betrayed this moment, and once again showed their true colours, before before bodies were even buried, before blood was dried grief was cynically and grotesquely weaponised to push an existing political agenda.


Not for Jewish safety. No, but for Zionist impunity and the protection of the Israeli Zionist state.


Anti-protest laws do not make the community safer. They make governments safer from accountability. They do not prevent harm. They ensure that violence carried out by the state or sanctioned by it happens without resistance.

Saleh ends by quoting a Palestinian journalist:

I don’t want any child anywhere in the world to die the way Matilda did and I don’t want any father in any community in the world to go through what her father went through in her final moments or what he must be feeling now.


And that is precisely why I intend to keep saying, ‘Globalise the intifada. Free Palestine’.

The crowd cheers and the MC leads a chant of “from Gadigal to Gaza, globalise the intifada”. Over a dozen police watch on.

Protesters outside Sydney’s town hall chant phrase that NSW premier wants to ban – as it happened

This blog is now closed

www.theguardian.com

 

[PrairieWind]

There is a real mess in Australia right now. I'd like to hear from Aussie folks, is there a general feeling that things are spiraling or under control. I am always hesitant about sweeping legislation being passed right after terrible events.

 

[BreakingNews]

There is a real mess in Australia right now. I'd like to hear from Aussie folks, is there a general feeling that things are spiraling or under control. I am always hesitant about sweeping legislation being passed right after terrible events.

Personally, I don't think Australia is spiralling out of control. However we are on high alert. Something we have not had to do previously. I believe we need to rein in immigration and deport that that disrespect our peace and harmony.

 

[SouthAussie]

14h ago17.18 AEDT

Luca Ittimani
Palestine supporters gather in Sydney to oppose NSW’s new anti-protest laws

Protestors are gathering outside Sydney’s town hall to advocate against news laws restricting protests, expected to pass New South Wales parliament tomorrow.

Close to 200 are standing between Town Hall and the light rail stop.. Some are handing out flyers reading “No to Minns’ new anti-protest laws”.

More than a dozen are wearing keffiyehs. One waves a flag for Teachers for Palestine, one of four groups promoting the rally on Instagram over the weekend. An attendee hands out magazines for left wing activist group Solidarity; another flies a flag for Extinction Rebellion; another holds a sign reading “to the sea”.

As the bells struck 5 o’clock, the rally’s scheduled start time, more police approached the square. At least a dozen officers watch the growing crowd.

13h ago17.52 AEDT

Luca Ittimani
Anti-Zionist speaker says rally against new anti-protest laws also a vigil for Bondi victims

Michelle Berkon, who was escorted from the Bondi memorial while wearing a keffiyeh a week ago, says Sydney’s rally serves as vigil for those unwilling to mourn at the Bondi site where 15 were killed

Berkon, a speaker at tonight’s rally and member of the group Jews Against the Occupation ’48, tells Guardian Australia the memorial’s Israeli flags prevented anti-Zionist Jews from mourning at the site:



The rally begins with an acknowledgement of country and condemnation of the terror attack. Berkon is welcomed with loud applause by a still-growing crowd, which she invites to observe a minutes’ silence.

Protestors listen calmly, cheer as new speakers take the microphone and cry “shame” when Chris Minns’ name is mentioned.

13h ago18.07 AEDT

Luca Ittimani
Crowd at Sydney rally against new anti-protest laws chants ‘globalise the intifada’

The crowd rallying at Town Hall has chanted “globalise the intifada”, defying the NSW premier’s plan to ban the phrase and his warning that it may already be illegal

The chant followed an address from author Sara Saleh, who said the shooting at Bondi had been weaponised to limit the human right to protest:



Saleh ends by quoting a Palestinian journalist:



The crowd cheers and the MC leads a chant of “from Gadigal to Gaza, globalise the intifada”. Over a dozen police watch on.

Protesters outside Sydney’s town hall chant phrase that NSW premier wants to ban – as it happened

This blog is now closed

www.theguardian.com

Having their last say - before they are arrested and charged for using hate speech.

I have been looking for exactly when the new laws will be enacted. Has anyone seen the timeline of that?

imo

 

[SouthAussie]

"Among the fast-tracked changes will be a new aggravated offence which targets adults who seek to influence or radicalise children.

"Since 2001, 120 people have been convicted of terrorism offences, and ten were children," Attorney-General Michelle Rowland said.
"However, today, 17 of the 33 people before our courts are minors.
"This unprecedented radicalisation of our youth must stop.

"We will not allow extremists to groom and brainwash our children into hate or terrorism."

The bill will be drafted over the coming weeks and is expected to be introduced to federal parliament in the new year"

National laws will target extremists who 'groom and brainwash' children

www.9news.com.au

 

[SouthAussie]

There is a real mess in Australia right now. I'd like to hear from Aussie folks, is there a general feeling that things are spiraling or under control. I am always hesitant about sweeping legislation being passed right after terrible events.

I think we are okay. And will be even better when the new laws are enacted. The police need these further powers, the gun laws need to be tightened, hate speech needs to be further curtailed, radicalisation needs to be more sharply focused upon.

Public sentiment was very similar immediately after the Lindt Cafe siege in 2014. That was a massive event that shook Australia, too. The public came together in the same manner when that happened.

imo

 

[Marg944]

Having their last say - before they are arrested and charged for using hate speech.

I have been looking for exactly when the new laws will be enacted. Has anyone seen the timeline of that?

imo

“The bill will be drafted over the coming weeks and is expected to be introduced to federal parliament in the new year.”

National laws will target extremists who 'groom and brainwash' children

www.9news.com.au

 

[SouthAussie]

“The bill will be drafted over the coming weeks and is expected to be introduced to federal parliament in the new year.”

National laws will target extremists who 'groom and brainwash' children

www.9news.com.au

And it looks like the tightened gun laws in NSW will go into effect (for a 3-month period, as an emergency Act) on Tuesday. Presumably after that it will be introduced as a more permanent thing.

With Labor having such a majority, I expect all the new laws will be enacted.


Gun laws will be significantly tightened and protests restricted for up to three months in New South Wales at the behest of the police commissioner, under an emergency set of laws introduced to the state parliament in the wake of the Bondi shooting.

The bill is being debated in the lower house on Monday and is expected to pass with the support of the NSW Liberal party, and pass the upper house on Tuesday.

Gun crackdown and controversial protest laws to be passed in NSW despite Coalition split over firearms

NSW Nationals to oppose gun law reforms introduced in wake of Bondi attack as Greens say protest laws are ‘draconian’ and may be unconstitutional

www.theguardian.com

 

[drsleuth]

There is a real mess in Australia right now. I'd like to hear from Aussie folks, is there a general feeling that things are spiraling or under control. I am always hesitant about sweeping legislation being passed right after terrible events.

I don't think things are spiraling as such, but there has certainly been more & more HATE .

To me it kinda ramped up after 2 Nurse's from Bankstown Hospital ( not far from Campsie ) were caught on video , at work, spewing hate, even against their patients, being a healthcare worker this just blew my mind ( and still does )

This should have been a HUGE red flag of where we were heading IMO

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[su5ie]

14h ago17.18 AEDT

Luca Ittimani
Palestine supporters gather in Sydney to oppose NSW’s new anti-protest laws

Protestors are gathering outside Sydney’s town hall to advocate against news laws restricting protests, expected to pass New South Wales parliament tomorrow.

Close to 200 are standing between Town Hall and the light rail stop.. Some are handing out flyers reading “No to Minns’ new anti-protest laws”.

More than a dozen are wearing keffiyehs. One waves a flag for Teachers for Palestine, one of four groups promoting the rally on Instagram over the weekend. An attendee hands out magazines for left wing activist group Solidarity; another flies a flag for Extinction Rebellion; another holds a sign reading “to the sea”.

As the bells struck 5 o’clock, the rally’s scheduled start time, more police approached the square. At least a dozen officers watch the growing crowd.

13h ago17.52 AEDT

Luca Ittimani
Anti-Zionist speaker says rally against new anti-protest laws also a vigil for Bondi victims

Michelle Berkon, who was escorted from the Bondi memorial while wearing a keffiyeh a week ago, says Sydney’s rally serves as vigil for those unwilling to mourn at the Bondi site where 15 were killed

Berkon, a speaker at tonight’s rally and member of the group Jews Against the Occupation ’48, tells Guardian Australia the memorial’s Israeli flags prevented anti-Zionist Jews from mourning at the site:



The rally begins with an acknowledgement of country and condemnation of the terror attack. Berkon is welcomed with loud applause by a still-growing crowd, which she invites to observe a minutes’ silence.

Protestors listen calmly, cheer as new speakers take the microphone and cry “shame” when Chris Minns’ name is mentioned.

13h ago18.07 AEDT

Luca Ittimani
Crowd at Sydney rally against new anti-protest laws chants ‘globalise the intifada’

The crowd rallying at Town Hall has chanted “globalise the intifada”, defying the NSW premier’s plan to ban the phrase and his warning that it may already be illegal

The chant followed an address from author Sara Saleh, who said the shooting at Bondi had been weaponised to limit the human right to protest:



Saleh ends by quoting a Palestinian journalist:



The crowd cheers and the MC leads a chant of “from Gadigal to Gaza, globalise the intifada”. Over a dozen police watch on.

Protesters outside Sydney’s town hall chant phrase that NSW premier wants to ban – as it happened

This blog is now closed

www.theguardian.com

Now is not the time ,read the room for god sake

Atrocity can happen in tandem but if you really want to show violence is not the answer, join in solidarity to respect all innocent victims imo

Prehaps if solidarity was shown instead of thinking its two separate sides real peace and respect can be achieved

Protesters creating a divide helps no one

 

[drsleuth]

Current presser by Chris Minns

 

[SouthAussie]

The controversial Al Madina Dawah centre associated with Islamic preacher Wissam Haddad will close after the local council found the centre had never been allowed to operate as a prayer hall.

The Bankstown centre had only been approved to operate as a medical centre, and had been in the spotlight after associations with surviving Bondi shooter Naveed Akram emerged last week.

Premier Chris Minns praised the move by Canterbury-Bankstown council, calling it an “important step” to supporting public safety.

Bondi shooting LIVE updates: Al Madina Dawah centre to be shut down in ‘important step’ for state; NSW firearm and hate speech legislation to be passed imminently; Albanese regrets politicised response to terror attack

Follow our rolling coverage of the aftermath of the Bondi shooting, as hate speech and firearm reforms are debated more than one week after the terror attack.

www.smh.com.au

 

[SouthAussie]

Sydney’s famous New Year’s Eve celebrations will pause for a moment’s silence to remember the 15 victims of the deadly Bondi Beach shooting and condemn antisemitism.

The Harbour Bridge pylons will shine white as an image of a dove and the word “peace” is projected onto them at about 9pm on December 31, while the bridge itself will be illuminated white at 11pm, as a minute’s silence is observed.

Bondi shooting LIVE updates: Al Madina Dawah centre to be shut down in ‘important step’ for state; NSW firearm and hate speech legislation to be passed imminently; Albanese regrets politicised response to terror attack

Follow our rolling coverage of the aftermath of the Bondi shooting, as hate speech and firearm reforms are debated more than one week after the terror attack.

www.smh.com.au

 

[SouthAussie]

Probationary Constable Jack Hibbert, one of the two officers shot in the Bondi Beach terror attack, has left hospital.

Hibbert, 22, was one of the first police on the scene when the shooting started, just four months into the role.
He was shot in the head and shoulder and lost vision in one eye.

His family said in a statement having him home for Christmas “truly feels like a miracle”.

Bondi shooting LIVE updates: Al Madina Dawah centre to be shut down in ‘important step’ for state; NSW firearm and hate speech legislation to be passed imminently; Albanese regrets politicised response to terror attack

Follow our rolling coverage of the aftermath of the Bondi shooting, as hate speech and firearm reforms are debated more than one week after the terror attack.

www.smh.com.au

 

[Eloise]

There is a real mess in Australia right now. I'd like to hear from Aussie folks, is there a general feeling that things are spiraling or under control. I am always hesitant about sweeping legislation being passed right after terrible events.

I definitely would not say spiraling out of control. Most of us continue to go about enjoying our daily lives. However, that does not mean there isn't concern for the direction things could head.