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

[SouthAussie]

I do agree. The HATE speech was ramping up for a long time.

When Chris Minns was speaking at the remembrance ceremony last night, he said that ..

Thoughts can become words, words can become actions, actions can become murder. That we need to stop the process at the first stage where thoughts become words.

I thought that was exactly right.

imo

(I watched the ceremony, link provided several posts back)

 

[drsleuth]

https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/alleged-bondi-terrorist-naveed-akram-was-cleared-to-work-as-a-security-guard/news-story/b0c84c5795f276f4a476d0fa85efca24?amp

Alleged Bondi terrorist Naveed Akram was cleared to work as a security guard​

Alleged Bondi terrorist Naveed Akram gained security clearance to work as a security guard before authorities cancelled his licence months before the attack.

Paraphrased:

NA was cleared to work as a security guard in August 2024, it was abruptly cancelled in June 2025, 4 yrs before it was due to expire. He had a class 1 security licence.

He was cleared to work as an unarmed security guard and bouncer and to monitor security systems

Sources said he had been working as a bouncer at one time.

Police would not say why the licence was cancelled, nor why he was able to get a security licence after coming to the attention of ASIO in 2019, stating part of current police investigation

SA bought three identical shotguns in 18 months after he was granted a gun licence in July 2023, most recently in Sep 2025. 2 were bought in 2024, one on June 27th & one on August 27th

Authorities appear to have never inspected at least three of Akram’s firearms.

 

[drsleuth]

When Chris Minns was speaking at the remembrance ceremony last night, he said that ..

Thoughts can become words, words can become actions, actions can become murder. That we need to stop the process at the first stage where thoughts become words.

I thought that was exactly right.

imo

Yep, I think he's doing a good job.

Was a wonderful celebration of all the victims.

Shame the PM was booed, I don't think that was the place for that IMO

 

[SouthAussie]

Yep, I think he's doing a good job.

Was a wonderful celebration of all the victims.

Shame the PM was booed, I don't think that was the place for that IMO

I didn't like the small portions of politics either. But the rest of the ceremony was good.

 

[drsleuth]

Four ‘high-risk’ terrorists with jihadist beliefs are living in the NSW community​

Four convicted terrorists with ISIS beliefs live in NSW under strict supervision orders after being deemed an “unacceptable risk” to the community.


Paraphrased:

The 4 individuals, who live in NSW, have been placed on Extended Supervision Orders (ESOs) by the Supreme Court after being deemed an “unacceptable risk” of committing another serious offence if they are not closely monitored. One individual's order expires in Nov 2026

Corrective Services NSW (CSNSW) says there are subjected to unannounced home visits, electronic monitoring, pre-approved movement schedules and curfews, drug and alcohol testing, and scrutiny of electronic devices including mobile phones and laptops.

Their supervision included AFP, NSW Police & CSNSW

https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/four-highrisk-terrorists-with-jihadist-beliefs-are-living-in-the-nsw-community/news-story/3dbfcbb4e066ad627655ce63f311032b?amp

 

[Gators North]

Four ‘high-risk’ terrorists with jihadist beliefs are living in the NSW community​

Four convicted terrorists with ISIS beliefs live in NSW under strict supervision orders after being deemed an “unacceptable risk” to the community.


Paraphrased:

The 4 individuals, who live in NSW, have been placed on Extended Supervision Orders (ESOs) by the Supreme Court after being deemed an “unacceptable risk” of committing another serious offence if they are not closely monitored. One individual's order expires in Nov 2026

Corrective Services NSW (CSNSW) says there are subjected to unannounced home visits, electronic monitoring, pre-approved movement schedules and curfews, drug and alcohol testing, and scrutiny of electronic devices including mobile phones and laptops.

Their supervision included AFP, NSW Police & CSNSW

https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/four-highrisk-terrorists-with-jihadist-beliefs-are-living-in-the-nsw-community/news-story/3dbfcbb4e066ad627655ce63f311032b?amp

Stupid question….can these people be deported?

 

[SouthAussie]

Stupid question….can these people be deported?

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.

 

[SouthAussie]

Australian citizenship can be revoked (for dual nationalities) .. maybe then some can be deported. Once they have been convicted of a serious offense.


The Act (section 36C) states that the court may make an order to cease a person’s Australian citizenship if:

• the person is aged 14 years or over
• the person is a dual national
• the person has been convicted of one or more serious offences
• the court has imposed a period or periods of imprisonment that total at least 3 years or more, and
• the conduct the offence relates to is so serious and significant that it demonstrates that the person has repudiated their allegiance to Australia.

https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/reports-and-publications/reports/reports-to-parliament/citizenship-cessation

 

[drsleuth]

https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/how-one-officer-made-herself-a-target-twice-to-stop-the-bondi-gunmen/news-story/fd380260fd17313c1f9843689023ea1b?amp

How one officer made herself a target twice to stop the alleged Bondi gunmen​

Police have revealed how one officer made herself a target knowing she had “little to no hope” of hitting the alleged Bondi shooters from her position.

Paraphrased:

4 police officers fired shots.

Constable Scott Dyson, who was one of the first people hit by the gunmen, returned fire.

The unnamed officer ( in the "freeze" photo ) drew fire twice & had been injured twice by gunshots while working to protect the public. She has asked not to be named.

Constable Tayla Walsh who was accused of cowering behind a car during the attack, also acted in a manner one police source described as “beyond heroic”. She was patrolling at Dover Heights & heard the "distressing" radio broadcasts, immediately headed to Bondi under lights & sirens. She heard a broadcast that a police officer had been shot.

She got out of the police car ( car was blocking her getting closer ) , came across the two victims deceased on the path, she edged towards the gun shots, fired a volley of shots at the gunmen, knowing she had no hope of hitting them, but did it to get there attention & to stop the shooting at the public. She came under fire, ducked back to the cover of the car & re-loaded, stood up again , making herself a target & let off another volley of shots. One shot may have hit the son.

At the same time, another officer was shooting at the gunmen, Detective Senior Constable Cesar Barraza to take his shots, killing the father & possibly wounding the son.

Need to await ballistics to see who shot who.

Police have footage of police showing officers lying on top of children, shielding them from bullets during the attack, who couldn't fire back as it would draw attention the the children

A young officer found two bombs inside a backpack on the footbridge. He cleared the first responders & the injured son, he covered the backpack with ballistic vests.


I am so proud of these young officers

https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/how-one-officer-made-herself-a-target-twice-to-stop-the-bondi-gunmen/news-story/fd380260fd17313c1f9843689023ea1b?amp

 

[drsleuth]

8.55am

Man charged after allegedly attempting to incite violent demonstration​

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A Central Coast man has been charged after allegedly attempting to incite a violent demonstration in Sydney’s south later this week through a social media post, as police continue to monitor against vigilantism and retribution attacks after the Bondi massacre.

A 20-year-old man was arrested in Narrara, a suburb just north of Gosford on Sunday afternoon after attending Gosford Police Station. He was charged with using a carriage service to menace, harass, offend and publicly threaten violence on grounds of race and religion.

He will appear in Gosford Local Court today.

The social media post came to police attention on Monday, hours after gunmen Sajid and Naveed Akram opened fire at Bondi.

There have been fears an unauthorised demonstration could take place at Cronulla Beach on Saturday following the post.

Separately, One Nation MP Barnaby Joyce was among 200 protesters at an unauthorised anti-immigration rally in Sydney yesterday.

NSW Premier Chris Minns has called for a “summer of calm” and urged people against attending unauthorised protests in the wake of the Bondi terror attack.

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[Marg944]

Wife refuses to claim Bondi gunman’s body, 50-year-old was reportedly homeless and living in Airbnbs​

“A week on from the massacre, Sajid’s body remains in the morgue at the coroner’s office.

According to 7News, his estranged wife, Verna, wants ‘nothing to do with him’ and has signed his body over to the government for a destitute burial.”

https://www.news.com.au/national/nsw-act/crime/wife-refuses-to-claim-bondi-gunmans-body-50yearold-was-reportedly-homeless-and-living-in-airbnbs/news-story/f1073e847e03c0daf1436e4c09511f53

 

[drsleuth]

National Press Club Address: Krissy Barrett - Australian Federal Police Commissioner

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[drsleuth]

7.1K views · 5K reactions | The most heartbreakingly powerful moment as David Campbell sings Waltzing Matilda, while Matilda’s parents embrace in front of the stage. Thousands attended a vigil at Bondi Beach for the victims of the Chanukah terror attack exactly one week after the tragedy. | The Australian Jewish News

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[drsleuth]

33m ago11.05 AEDT

Penry Buckley
Kellie Sloane says ‘my community changed’ on 14 December

The NSW opposition leader, Kellie Sloane, has also spoken in favour of the motion of condolence for the 15 victims of the Bondi Beach attack.

Sloane, the local state member for Vaucluse, begins by saying, “On Sunday, 14 December, at 6.47pm, my community changed”:

Our country changed. On a summer evening filled with the laughter of children and music, beachgoers and families were coming together to celebrate the first night of Hanukah and enjoy the weekend.


It was happy and it was joyful. It was Bondi as we know it, our Bondi, the beach that is the embodiment of all that is good about Australia, our free spirit, our diversity and our optimism, a community that welcomes you with open arms no matter what your background.


In a matter of minutes, though, that Bondi was left shattered and the Jewish community’s worst fears were realised.

27m ago11.11 AEDT

Penry Buckley
State opposition leader includes pro-Palestine protests when talking about antisemitic actions that she says led to Bondi shootings

Sloane went on to name and pay tribute to each of the victims, including Ahmed al-Ahmed, the Australian Syrian man who tackled and wrested a gun from an alleged gunman, and a 14-year-old girl, Chaya, who was shot as she lay on top of two small children, protecting them from the bullets.

Sloane, who says she did not expect her first speech as NSW opposition leader to be a motion of condolence, drew a timeline of events leading up to last Sunday’s attack – and included pro-Palestine protests.

To anyone who believes that 14 December was unimaginable, it is because we have failed to hear the Jewish community. When Jews were told not to go to the Opera House on 7 October, when thugs were allowed to denigrate the steps of the Opera House and spew their hatred, we should have known then.


When students have been subjected to harassment and vile abuse on our university campuses, when Jewish parents have had to tell their children not to wear their Jewish uniforms, we should have known then.

She continued:

When protesters were allowed to descend on our city each week and scream ‘From the river to the sea’, ‘Globalise the Intifada’, we should have known then. When cars were firebombed, when neo-Nazis stood outside this parliament with a sign that said: ‘Abolish the Jewish lobby’, we should have known then. When hate becomes normalised in a nation, how can we possibly believe there is any outcome other than what we saw on last Sunday?

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[drsleuth]

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40m ago11.01 AEDT

Penry Buckley
Minns begins individual tributes to victims of Bondi shooting

Back in NSW Parliament, Chris Minns has led individual tributes to each of the victims of last Sunday’s attack, beginning with Boris and Sofia Gurman, who were killed in the terrorist attack after trying to stop one of the gunmen. He says:

Mr Speaker, eight days ago, Sofia and Boris German saw a black Isis flag on the windscreen parked along Campbell Parade at Bondi.


Now they could have easily edged away having seen the flag and put themselves in a position of safety. They were walking away from the Hanukah festival, but they didn’t do that. And instead, and despite the obvious danger, they tried to - without being armed themselves - disarm the gunman, and in the struggle, they became the first victims of this terrible crime.


With my wife, Anna, we met their sole surviving son, Alex last week, who spoke of his deep sense of gratitude that the footage of their final moments was in fact found so that he knew that they died heroes.

39m ago11.02 AEDT

Penry Buckley
Minns goes on to name each victim, including the youngest, 10-year-old Matilda, who he describes as “a ray of light to everyone who’d met her”.

He also pays tribute to Marika Pogany, 82, who he says was given the New South Wales Mensch award for hand delivering 12,000 kosher Meals on Wheels over 20 years of service to the community.

And I ask you, what kind of malevolence could motivate a person to murder an 82-year-old Meals on Wheels volunteer, an elderly lady who loved her community and was looking for nothing but peace, the peace to celebrate her religion?

Minns thanks first responders, including lifesavers who ran barefoot towards danger, off-duty police officers who rushed to Bondi, and the two officers who were injured in the line of duty. He also pays tribute to doctors, nurses and blood donors.

The premier closes with a call to parliament to pass the legislation proposed today, saying “We must make these changes”:

I know I speak for all members of this Parliament, all members of this Parliament, when I say to the Jewish people of this state, this is your home, this has always been your home, and we must do everything we possibly can to ensure that you are safe and you are protected in this city.

 

[Arkay]

7.1K views · 5K reactions | The most heartbreakingly powerful moment as David Campbell sings Waltzing Matilda, while Matilda’s parents embrace in front of the stage. Thousands attended a vigil at Bondi Beach for the victims of the Chanukah terror attack exactly one week after the tragedy. | The Australian Jewish News

14K views · 1.6K reactions | ‘We are one, but we are many.’ Despite the unbearable pain of this week, our Jewish community has always been proudly Australian. 🇦🇺💙 | The Australian Jewish News

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40m ago11.01 AEDT

Penry Buckley
Minns begins individual tributes to victims of Bondi shooting

Back in NSW Parliament, Chris Minns has led individual tributes to each of the victims of last Sunday’s attack, beginning with Boris and Sofia Gurman, who were killed in the terrorist attack after trying to stop one of the gunmen. He says:


Mr Speaker, eight days ago, Sofia and Boris German saw a black Isis flag on the windscreen parked along Campbell Parade at Bondi.


Now they could have easily edged away having seen the flag and put themselves in a position of safety. They were walking away from the Hanukah festival, but they didn’t do that. And instead, and despite the obvious danger, they tried to - without being armed themselves - disarm the gunman, and in the struggle, they became the first victims of this terrible crime.


With my wife, Anna, we met their sole surviving son, Alex last week, who spoke of his deep sense of gratitude that the footage of their final moments was in fact found so that he knew that they died heroes.

39m ago11.02 AEDT

Penry Buckley
Minns goes on to name each victim, including the youngest, 10-year-old Matilda, who he describes as “a ray of light to everyone who’d met her”.

He also pays tribute to Marika Pogany, 82, who he says was given the New South Wales Mensch award for hand delivering 12,000 kosher Meals on Wheels over 20 years of service to the community.



Minns thanks first responders, including lifesavers who ran barefoot towards danger, off-duty police officers who rushed to Bondi, and the two officers who were injured in the line of duty. He also pays tribute to doctors, nurses and blood donors.

The premier closes with a call to parliament to pass the legislation proposed today, saying “We must make these changes”:


I know I speak for all members of this Parliament, all members of this Parliament, when I say to the Jewish people of this state, this is your home, this has always been your home, and we must do everything we possibly can to ensure that you are safe and you are protected in this city.

So heartbreaking and so simultaneously beautiful. These bereft parents, lightly dancing to honor their Waltzing Matilda, gone at 10 years old at the hands of terrorists.

Then Chris Minns, with whom I was previously unfamiliar, sincerely supportive of the Jewish community of NSW.

Beautiful. Strong. Sincere. Compassionate.

 

[drsleuth]

Chris Minns presser. Just finished.