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

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What will happen to his body if no one claims it?

I think that Venera Akram (wife) will claim it.

But if no-one claimed it, I think the government would likely give him a "pauper's funeral" - basically just a burial.

imo
 
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10.33 AEDT

Bondi Pavilion floral tributes to be removed on Monday​

A floral memorial left by community members to honour the memory of those killed during the Bondi attacks will be removed on Monday for historical preservation.

Notices announcing the decision were posted to lamp-posts around the Bondi Pavilion on Sunday.

Sign detailing removal of floral memorial from Bondi pavilion

A notice from NSW government noting the floral memorial will be removed on Monday 22 December. Photograph: Caitlin Cassidy/The Guardian
The Sydney Jewish Museum and the Australian Jewish Historical Society will collect the materials to preserve them.


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30m ago13.53 AEDT

Armed police presence at Bondi this evening doesn't indicate security risk: NSW police​

Police – including officers holding “long-arm firearms” – will be posted to Bondi and the surrounding areas on Sunday afternoon, NSW police say.

In a statement released on Sunday afternoon, police said they wanted “to reassure the community that this does not reflect a heightened security alert.”

We know how deeply this tragedy has impacted Jewish families, friends, and the wider community who stand with them. Our priority is ensuring that everyone can come together to honour the victims and support one another without fear.


You will see more officers than usual, including some carrying long-arm firearms. While our priority is keeping the community safe, it is equally about helping people feel safe as they come together to grieve.


Tonight is about standing with the community, safeguarding the space for a respectful vigil, and ensuring everyone feels supported during this incredibly difficult time.



23m ago14.00 AEDT
With Sunday morning’s events now concluded, authorities have closed access to the Bondi memorial site for the public.

It will reopen from 4pm for a community memorial event and at 6.47pm, a minute of silence will be held.

 
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NSW Police Force



Statement from NSW Police Commissioner Mal Lanyon APM:
This afternoon and into the evening, there will be a heightened police presence in Bondi and the surrounding areas under Operation Shelter. I want to reassure the community that this does not reflect a heightened security alert.
We know how deeply this tragedy has impacted Jewish families, friends, and the wider community who stand with them. Our priority is ensuring that everyone can come together to honour the victims and support one another without fear.
You will see more officers than usual, including some carrying long-arm firearms. While our priority is keeping the community safe, it is equally about helping people feel safe as they come together to grieve.
Tonight is about standing with the community, safeguarding the space for a respectful vigil, and ensuring everyone feels supported during this incredibly difficult time.
 
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Such a sad situation. 🥀
 
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7m ago14.43 AEDT

Anti-immigration rally in Sydney draws small crowd​

No more than 200 people have joined an anti-immigration rally in a park in central Sydney after police and the premier, Chris Minns, urged it to not go ahead.

Barnaby Joyce, who earlier this month joined One Nation, is due to speak any moment.

In a short press conference before the rally kicked off, he was asked why he hadn’t respected calls for the rally to not go ahead. He said it wasn’t a rally, but a meeting, adding: “Do you see people charging around, yelling and screaming?”

There is a large police presence at the event. A number of attendees are waving Australian flags, and wearing orange One Nation t-shirts. One person holds a sign that says “Islam is incompatible with the West”.

One speaker began the rally by telling attendees:

There was a lot of mainstream media coverage warning you about not coming … So the fact that you are here means that you are a small group of some of the bravest Australians in this country.
She then led a chant, saying “Export Terrorists” and “Albanese has to go”.

Minns told Nine’s Today program when asked about the rally on Sunday:

Don’t do it. Don’t go ahead with it right now – people are burying their dead.

11m ago14.39 AEDT
NSW Health update on patients in hospital

Earlier we brought you an update from health authorities on the people still being treated in hospital for injuries sustained in last Sunday’s attack.

As of 2pm today, according to NSW Health, there are still 13 patients being treated, at the Prince of Wales, St George, St Vincent’s, Royal Prince Alfred and Royal North Shore hospitals:

  • Four people are now in a critical but stable condition
  • Nine people are in a stable condiiton.

 
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Standing at Bondi, I saw a sea of emergency responders in blue walking toward the memorial to place flowers.
Many of them were among the first on the scene last Sunday, running in to rescue the wounded.
They were visibly emotional. Carrying things they will likely carry for a lifetime.
In moments like these, God’s angels wear blue.


🥰
 
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