Gunmen open fire at Bondi Beach in Sydney.

10 people are dead, including one of the shooters. 12 injured at latest count.

Authorities say there is no longer an active threat but have urged people to avoid the area. Police are coming the area because there is a possibility of a bomb at the scene. Edit - explosive device located, police working to disarm it.

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Warrigal said:
This is a startling new development. The Jewish community has long been plagued with anti Semitic violence and Jewish schools are always strongly guarded.

This is something new. The very idea of gunmen killing people at Bondi Beach is unthinkable, but here we are. This tragedy will long be remembered.
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Well, if they followed the lead of the shooters here in the U.S., they learned from the very best with how to commit a mass murder. We had one here in the U.S. yesterday also at Brown University in little Rhode Island. Who would have thought?
 
Warrigal said:
This is a startling new development. The Jewish community has long been plagued with anti Semitic violence and Jewish schools are always strongly guarded.

This is something new. The very idea of gunmen killing people at Bondi Beach is unthinkable, but here we are. This tragedy will long be remembered.
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Radio news said this attack follows a series of attacks on the Jewish community. They also had some issues with the Christmas markets in Germany over the last week.

Tragic and appalling

RIP Victims Speedy Recovery to Survivors

Peace
 
Warrigal said:
10 people are dead, including one of the shooters. 12 injured at latest count.

Authorities say there is no longer an active threat but have urged people to avoid the area. Police are coming the area because there is a possibility of a bomb at the scene. Edit - explosive device located, police working to disarm it.

Live reports here - Live: One shooter dead, another in custody after 10 killed in Bondi Beach attack
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Heartbreaking, the hate lives on and is getting stronger over time. May the murdered rest peacefully, condolences to their grieving families.
 
One of the Bondi Beach terrorists has been identified after 12 people were killed in a massacre carried out on Australia's most famous beach on Sunday evening.

Authorities have confirmed that Naveed Akram, 24, from Bonnyrigg in Sydney's south-west, was one of the shooters.

Akram's suburban home is currently being raided by police. His family has owned the property for a year.


It is understood that Akram was shot, arrested and remains in custody, where he is being treated by emergency services.

The other gunman was shot dead at the scene.

NSW Premier Chris Minns has confirmed that the incident was targeted at the Jewish community, given a celebration named 'Chanukah by the Sea' was taking place when the gunmen opened fire.

Police Commissioner Mal Lanyon formally designated the attack a terrorist incident.

Witnesses said two men stepped out of a vehicle on Campbell Parade, near Bondi Pavilion, and opened fire about 6.47pm on Sunday with footage showing blast after blast on the tourist strip. Some witnesses reported more than 30 shots.

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Daniel, who is visiting Australia from Brazil, said he saw the two shooters on the bridge before about five police cars arrived.

He and a friend hid while the shots were fired and then they started to run.

'A lot of people on the sand, on the ground, were trying to scream help,' he told ABC News.

'A lot of people on the floor, kids crying, looking for their mum.'

He said it was hard to believe something like this could happen in Australia.

'After today, I don't feel safe anymore.'
 
Can you imagine the horror of one victim having this happen to him twice ... ?..he'd been at the Isreali Music festival when HAMAS attacked ?

Arsen Ostrovsky, an international human rights lawyer, was out with his family alongside hundreds of other people when 12 festivalgoers were killed and dozens more injured.

He has now told of his narrow survival after also living through the horrors of Hamas's massacre at the Nova music festival in Israel.

'I lived through October 7th. Never imagined I'd see this horror in Australia.

'Bullet grazed my head. Doctors said it was a miracle I survived, but I will make a recovery.'

The former Israeli citizen said tonight would mark the '1st of Chanukah'.

He added: 'The forces of darkness and hate will never triumph. We will prevail. Am Yisrael Chai.'

Earlier, he told 9News: 'Children, kids at a festival, playing and then all of a sudden it's absolute chaos. There's gunfire, everywhere, people ducking, it was absolute chaos.

'We didn't know what was happening, where the gunfire was coming from.'
October 7, that's the last time I saw this. I never thought I'd see this in Australia, not in my lifetime, on Bondi Beach of all places, this iconic place.'

At least 12 people have died, including children and at least 29 injured after the horrific attack.

A Jewish festival, Chanukah by the Sea, advertised as a night of family fun, was taking place, with children attending the event when the gunmen opened fire.

Mr Ostrovsky said he had lived in Israel for 13 years and survived the October 7, 2023 attacks.


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