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Twelve people were killed and more than two were injured in a shooting by two revelers at a holiday party on Sydney’s Bondi Beach on Sunday.
Australian police have claimed responsibility for the terrorist attack and are working to determine whether others were involved.
One suspect in the shooting was dead and the other in critical condition, authorities said. A police officer is also among the dead and another injured, New South Wales Police Commissioner Layon confirmed at a press conference New South Wales Premier Chris Minns.
“No stone will be left unturned,” said Lanyon. “These stories of violence, taking innocent lives, are unacceptable in New South Wales.”
Hundreds gathered at Bondi Beach for an event called Chanukah by the Sea, celebrating the start of the Jewish Hanukkah holiday.
The police said their operation was “ongoing” and that “a number of suspicious objects in the vicinity” were investigated by special officers.
Moramatic footage apparently captured by a member of the public and aired by Australian television channels shows someone appearing to confront one of the bodies, before pointing the man’s weapon at him.
Witnesses said the shooting on the burning beach in the evening lasted for 10 minutes, sending beachcombers sprawling across the sand and onto nearby roads.
Laclan Moran, 32, in Melbourne, was waiting for his family nearby when he heard the shots, he told related media. He dropped the beer he was bringing to his brother and ran.
“He heard a few pops, and I got out and ran away. … I started arguing. I just got those thoughts. He said he heard a shot and it opened for five minutes.
“Everybody just dropped all their stuff and everything and was running and people were crying and it was just scary,” Moran said.
Emergency services were called to Campbell Parade at around 6.45pm in response to reports of shots fired.
Local news outlets spoke to distraught and bloodied scientists who witnessed the panic. New South Wales Premier Chris Minns described the reports and images from the scene as ‘deeply distressing.’
Prime Minister Anthony Albenese said his thoughts were with all those affected.
“The scenes in Boni are shocking and sad,” she said. “Police and emergency responders on the ground are working to save lives.”
Israeli President Isaac Herzog said Jewish people attending the first candlelight vigil of the Hanukkah holiday on the banks were attacked by “terrorists.”
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said he was busy shooting and that the Australian government should be ‘caught by surprise’ after countless warnings.
“These are the results of the antisemitic rampage on the streets of Australia two years ago, with antisemitic and ‘Intifada’ calls received today.”
One of the most famous beaches in the world, A nurse it is usually full of locals and tourists.
“If we were deliberately targeted in this way, it’s something that none of us might have experienced.” It’s a terrible council thing,” Alex Ryvchin, who is the manager of the Executive Council, added Media Field, added his media adviser.
Mass shooting deaths in Australia are very rare. The massacre in the Tasmanian town of Port Arthur, where a gunman killed 35 people, prompted the government to further tighten gun laws and make it more difficult for Australians to obtain firearms.
Significant mass shootings of this century include two killings of five people in 2014, and seven in 2018, where gunmen killed their families and themselves.
In 2022, two police officers were shot dead by Christian extremists in rural Queensland State. Three shooters in that incident, a conspiracy of teachers who hate the police, were shot dead by officials after a six-hour siege in Wiambilla district, along with one of their neighbors.
