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

[SouthAussie]

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

 

[drsleuth]

274K views · 12K reactions | Hundreds have just sung at the memorial ending with a beautiful tribute to Matilda. | OnScene Bondi

Hundreds have just sung at the memorial ending with a beautiful tribute to Matilda.

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Hundreds have just sung at the memorial ending with a beautiful tribute to Matilda.

 

[drsleuth]

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.

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.

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.

Bondi terror attack updates: floral tributes to be removed and preserved for history; armed police at beach no indication of security threat

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www.theguardian.com

 

[drsleuth]

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.

 

[SouthAussie]

This is the first time that I have seen all of the victims names in one place.

Live: Crowds gather at Bondi as governor-general tells Australians 'use your kindness'

People have been asked to light a candle and place it in their front window, before observing a minute's silence.

www.sbs.com.au

 

[browneyes]

Such a sad situation.

 

[drsleuth]

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.

Bondi terror attack updates: floral tributes to be removed and preserved for history; armed police at beach no indication of security threat

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[drsleuth]

97K views · 7.8K reactions | 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 visibl

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...

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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.

 

[drsleuth]

9.1K views · 124 reactions | A hero nurse has described what she encountered at the scene of the horror #Bondi terror attack. MORE: https://bit.ly/3MKq2sg | Daily Telegraph

A hero nurse has described what she encountered at the scene of the horror #Bondi terror attack. MORE: https://bit.ly/3MKq2sg

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A hero nurse has described what she encountered at the scene of the horror #Bondi terror attack

https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/video-the-angels-of-bondi-beach-offduty-nurse-kaitlin-davidson-and-rupert-gillies/news-story/48f9a48006b574462c2826c36f0c3344?amp

 

[drsleuth]

Tune in to special coverage of the National Day of Reflection commemorating the Bondi Beach terror attacks.

Starts in 5 mins

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Snipers guard mourners as thousands mark one week since Bondi Beach massacre

Australia's prime minister Anthony Albanese was booed as he attended a memorial for victims of the mass shooting, as officials order a national security review.

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Thousands turned out for a memorial on Sunday, one week on from the Bondi Beach mass shooting that shook Australia, as officials announced a review of the country's law enforcement and intelligence agencies.

The attack — Australia’s worst mass shooting in nearly three decades — killed 15 people during a seaside Hanukkah celebration and was designated a terrorist attack targeting the Jewish community. One suspected shooter was killed during the attack, while the other was injured and charged with terrorism and murder after he awoke from a coma, as Australian investigators probe their alleged connection to the Islamic State terror group.

A minute of silence was observed at 6:47 p.m. local time (2:47 a.m. E.T.) on Sunday, exactly seven days since the attack began...

May their memories be a blessing.

 

[drsleuth]

Bondi terrorist disowned as two other men probed after horror attack

The men reportedly travelled to the same place in the Philippines during the same time as gunmen Naveed and Sajid Akram.

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Bondi terror attack: Two other men investigated by police following trip to Philippines at same time as Naveed Akram and Sajid Akram​

The men reportedly travelled to the same place in the Philippines during the same time as gunmen Naveed and Sajid Akram

Now Philippines police are looking into two other men from Sydney who reportedly travelled to the same place in the country at the same time as the accused Bondi terrorists.

Local police are also investigating what was discussed during a meeting the Akrams had with a Muslim cleric.

Sajid’s wife, meanwhile, has thrown burial plans for her late husband into limbo, declaring he wants nothing to do with him.

His body remains in the morgue at the coroner’s office. 7NEWS can reveal his estranged wife has signed it over to the government for a destitute burial.

 

[drsleuth]

https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/national/bondi-gunmen-likely-radicalised-before-philippines-trip/news-story/b950f72d5439404de42a0a680e399001?amp

Bondi gunmen likely radicalised before Philippines trip​

A counter-terrorism expert has revealed a new theory about how the Bondi gunmen were first radicalised before their Philippines trip and what they had to prove to the Islamic state terror group.

 

[drsleuth]

https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/crime/asio-raised-risk-of-threat-from-lone-actors-in-warning-less-than-two-weeks-before-bondi-beach-terror-attack/news-story/ed8cd93c37fbaa2bbaa7481d6fd2597c

ASIO raised risk of 'threat from lone actors' in warning less than two weeks before Bondi Beach terror attack​

ASIO reportedly issued a pointed warning about the risk of "lone actors or small cells" carrying out a terror attack less than two weeks before the horrific shooting at Bondi Beach.

 

[drsleuth]

https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/lindt-cafe-survivor-and-exdetective-unite-to-support-victims-of-terror-attack/news-story/bef3ffa68ef2131552e061958ce2b382?amp

Lindt Cafe survivor and ex-detective unite to support victims of terror attack​

Paraphrased:


A Lindt Cafe siege survivor and former counter-terrorism detective have joined forces to support families and witnesses traumatised by the Bondi attack.

Ms Hope and Ms O’Hare have been based at a reception centre at the InterContinental Hotel in Coogee, where families, witnesses and survivors have gathered for support.

The centre brings together chaplains, mental health clinicians and welfare teams, with VOTA providing peer-based support to those grappling with both immediate shock and longer-term trauma.

 

[drsleuth]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2002659755500974542

 

[Via Marple]

A bit on what the Indian family says about the marriage to Venera.

Bondi Beach shooter's family in India cut ties with him cause he married a Christian, Venera Grosso | World News Bondi Beach shooter's family in India cut ties with him cause he married a Christian, Venera Grosso

 

[Arkay]

https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/crime/asio-raised-risk-of-threat-from-lone-actors-in-warning-less-than-two-weeks-before-bondi-beach-terror-attack/news-story/ed8cd93c37fbaa2bbaa7481d6fd2597c

ASIO raised risk of 'threat from lone actors' in warning less than two weeks before Bondi Beach terror attack​

ASIO reportedly issued a pointed warning about the risk of "lone actors or small cells" carrying out a terror attack less than two weeks before the horrific shooting at Bondi Beach.

In that case, if there was credible intelligence about possible attacks, there should have been police already stationed at Bondi, knowing there would be a gathering of Jewish people celebrating Chanukah.


Experience has shown over decades that terrorists often attack on Jewish holidays. Even October 7th was a Jewish holiday.

I have some members of LE in my family and I typically always support them, but this was a tragic miss.

IMO