At least 11 people have been killed in a shooting on Australia’s Bondi Beach which targeted the Jewish community, police say. Follow for live updates.
• Police have confirmed that there are two known suspects — one is dead while the other is in a life-threatening condition in hospital. Officers are currently investigating whether there was a third perpetrator involved in the attack.
, which was linked to the deceased perpetrator. We’ll bring you the latest updates as we get them.An improvised explosive device was found in a car at Bondi, linked to the deceased perpetrator, New South Wales Police Commissioner Mal Lanyon has said.The deadly shooting at Bondi Beach deliberately targeted Sydney’s Jewish community on the first day of Hanukkah, New South Wales State Premier Chris Minns told Sunday’s press conference. What should have been a “night of peace and joy” was “shattered by this horrifying, evil attack,” Minns said.New South Wales Police Commissioner Mal Lanyon stressed that police are responding to ensure the whole community is safe, stressing that the Jewish community “has a right to feel safe.”The shooting at Australia’s Bondi Beach has been declared a terrorist incident, New South Wales Police Commissioner Mal Lanyon told a press conference on Sunday. Police are currently investigating whether there was a third perpetrator involved in the attack, Lanyon said. He confirmed that there are two known suspects; one is dead while the other is in a life-threatening condition in hospital. The police commissioner asked for “calm” in the community as he said there will be a “significant” investigation.At least 11 people have been killed in the shooting at Australia’s Bondi Beach, Chris Minns, the Premier of New South Wales, told a press conference Sunday. In addition, one of the perpetrators has also been killed, and another is in custody, Minns said, adding the attack targeted Australia’s Jewish community.A woman holds a child in a blanket after a shooting incident at Bondi Beach in Sydney on Sunday.Belinda Clemens was sitting on the rocks near the north side of Bondi today when she heard gunshots. “It sounded like fireworks and then it sort of became clear that it was a shooting because people were running in either direction,” Clemens told CNN.Some people who were in the water at the time swam further out to sea because they were scared to return to the beach. Videos taken by Clemens show groups of swimmers floating in the water and clinging to surfboards. Clemens said she lent her phone to several frantic children who needed to tell their parents they were okay. After the beach quickly emptied out, Clemens said there were remnants from earlier in the evening when families and friends had gathered on the beach to enjoy the summer evening — shoes, beer cans and birthday cakes left behind in a hurry.Australia’s New South Wales police are due to hold a press conference on the Bondi Beach shooting shortly.Police cordon off an area at Bondi Beach after a reported shooting in Sydney on Sunday.More now from New South Wales police, who have confirmed one of the shooters is dead and the other is in critical condition. Eleven people have been injured in the attack, including two police officers, they added in a statement. “A number of suspicious items located in the vicinity are being examined by specialist officers and an exclusion zone is in place,” the statement said. Police said there have been “no reports” of any other incidents in Sydney connected to this incident.Emergency workers transport a person on a stretcher after a reported shooting at Bondi Beach in Sydney on December 14, 2025.At least nine people were killed in the attack on Bondi Beach, New South Wales Police told CNN.The scenes at Sydney’s Bondi beach are “shocking and distressing,” Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has just said in a statement following a shooting attack at the popular site.People and emergency workers gather at location where a holiday event was taking place and then a reported shooting at Bondi Beach in Sydney on Sunday.Amy Gunia, a CNN features writer, had just flown into Sydney from Hong Kong on Sunday morning for a family holiday with her husband, toddler and baby. The beach was crowded with people, including families with children, and swimmers enjoying the water after a hot summer day. Her family had just finished having an early dinner at North Bondi and were walking back south past Bondi Pavilion when they heard “pops.”“We had two kids in strollers and saw people closer to the pavilion running. Very quickly, it just turned into a panic situation where everyone was running, and cars were kind of zooming as fast as they could – sort of a mass panic.” “We paused for before doing anything … because I thought this is Australia. That doesn’t really happen here,” she said. “We just kind of stood and turned around and looked to see, tried to figure out what was going on. But people who were a bit closer were running and running very fast. “So out of an abundance of caution, we decided to run, too, and ran uphill to get away from the away from the noise, as quickly as we could.” They tossed off their shoes and carried the strollers up several stairs to their AirBnB to get away. The data on her husband’s fitness tracker suggested they started running at 6:40 p.m. local time. As she spoke on the phone with CNN at around 8 p.m. local time, helicopters were still flying overhead.Emergency workers transport a person on a stretcher after a reported shooting at Bondi Beach, in Sydney on Sunday.Multiple people have been injured in a shooting at Sydney’s Bondi Beach, the Sydney Morning Herald has reported. “I saw at least 10 people on the ground and blood everywhere,” 30-year-old local Harry Wilson, who witnessed the shooting, told the newspaper. Elsewhere, Alex Ryvchin, co-chief executive of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry, told Sky News in an interview that the shooting happened at an event at the beach celebrating the Jewish festival of Hanukkah, which began at sundown.New South Wales police also advised “anyone at the scene” to take shelter in a post on social media. Videos circulating on X appeared to show people on Bondi Beach scattering as multiple gunshots and police sirens can be heard. Reuters could not immediately verify the footage. “We are aware of an active security situation in Bondi. We urge people in the vicinity to follow information from NSW Police,” said a spokesperson for Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.An aerial view of emergency personnel working at the scene of a shooting incident at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia on Sunday.Australian police said on Sunday two people were in custody after reports of gunshots at Sydney’s Bondi Beach. “The police operation is ongoing and we continue to urge people to avoid the area,” New South Wales police stated in a post on X. The Sydney Morning Herald said there were reports of multiple shots fired at the famed beach but it was unclear if anyone had been hit.Scan the QR code to download the CNN app on Google Play.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Live updates: 2 in custody as police respond to incident at Australia's Bondi BeachThis is additional taxonomy that helps us with analytics
Read more »
2 in custody as Australian police respond to 'developing incident' at Bondi BeachA police operation at the beach is 'ongoing,' the New South Wales police said.
Read more »
Police arrest 2 after shooting at Sydney’s Bondi BeachPolice in Australia say two people have been arrested after reports of a shooting at Sydney’s Bondi Beach. On Sunday, New South Wales state police confirmed the arrests. Media reports indicate the two arrested individuals were the shooters. Several people have been reported shot, and ambulances have responded to the scene.
Read more »
At least 10 dead after mass shooting during Hanukkah event on Australia's Bondi BeachFox News Channel offers its audiences in-depth news reporting, along with opinion and analysis encompassing the principles of free people, free markets and diversity of thought, as an alternative to the left-of-center offerings of the news marketplace.
Read more »
Gunmen kill at least 9 at famed Bondi Beach in AustraliaPolice reportedly killed one shooter and took the other into custody. Hundreds of people were celebrating the start of the Hanukkah Jewish festival.
Read more »
At least 9 people killed in shooting at Australia’s Bondi BeachAt least nine people have been killed in a shooting on Australia’s Bondi Beach, police say. One gunman was also killed. Follow for live updates.
Read more »