Bondi Beach shooting as it happened: PM condemns shooting as ‘an act of evil antisemitism’ after 11 people, one shooter killed after attack on Jewish Chanukah by the Sea celebration

Twelve people are dead, including one shooter, after gunmen opened fire on Bondi Beach on Sunday evening during a celebration of the first day of the Jewish festival Hanukkah. Here’s what we know so far.

• Residents reported police cars streaming into Bondi Beach around 6.40pm. Dozens of gunshots were heard, and hundreds of people could be seen running near Campbell Parade.
• Vision showed at least two men clad in black firing what appeared to be rifles from the pedestrian bridge that links Campbell Parade and Bondi Pavilion.
• Yesterday marked the first evening of Hanukkah, the Jewish holiday. Shooters were seen close to the Chanukah by the Sea festival, where Jewish Sydneysiders had gathered to celebrate the holiday.
• Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the attack was “an act of evil antisemitism, terrorism, that has struck the heart of our nation” and had targeted Jewish Australians on a day of joy and during a celebration of faith.
• NSW Premier Chris Minns and Police Commissioner Mal Lanyon said at a press conference at about 10pm that at least 12 people had been killed, including one of the shooters. At least 29 casualties were rushed to hospital. Lanyon declared the attack a terrorist incident, and said several improvised explosive devices were found in a car on Campbell Parade, which was linked to the deceased offender. He said the rescue bomb disposal unit took appropriate action.
• The head of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO), Mike Burgess, said the national terrorism threat level remains at probable.
• The first victim of the Bondi Beach terrorist attack has been identified as Rabbi Eli Schlanger. Schlanger, a husband and father, was an assistant rabbi at Chabad of Bondi.
• One man and one woman were arrested at an address in Bonnyrigg following the shooting, with police confirming the arrests were related to the attack.
• One shooter was shot dead by police, while a second has been taken into police custody. One of the men alleged to have been involved has been identified as Naveed Akram, 24. One of the two men has died, but it is not yet known if Akram is the deceased.
• Bystanders told this masthead that the gunmen were shooting indiscriminately, with elders and children among the victims.

Emergency services are expected to provide an update on Monday morning. Our live coverage will resume early on Monday.

For anyone who needs mental health support, NSW Health’s dedicated Mental Health Line is available 24/7 on 1800 011 511. Lifeline, the national crisis support hotline, is also available 24/7 on 13 11 14.

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The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age reporter Elias Visontay was at Bondi Beach this afternoon and has taken a moment to write about what he witnessed. An excerpt of that story is below.

Initially, I thought it was fireworks. But they just didn’t stop. It took about 15 seconds for my mind to clock what was happening. All hell was breaking loose.

I’d arrived at the northern tip of Bondi just minutes before. It had been a hot, humid Sunday, and the day was just coming into the golden hour. Who wouldn’t want to get in an evening swim?

When a parking spot finally opened up at the northern end of the beach, my friend noticed he knew the man who’d just parked right in front of us. “Are you here for the Hanukkah event too?” he asked us after he got out of his car.

If you’re part of Sydney’s tight-knit Jewish community, running into someone you know in Bondi is a fairly common experience.

Read more here.

One of the men alleged to have been involved in a terrorist attack targeting Sydney’s Jewish community has been identified as a western Sydney bricklayer who recently lost his job.

Naveed Akram, 24, was apprehended at the shooting alongside one other alleged shooter. One of these individuals has died, but it is not yet known if Akram is the deceased.

Outside St Vincent’s Hospital in Darlinghurst, Larisa Kleytman said her husband had been killed in the attack, but she did not know where his body was.

“I don’t know,” she told the media outside the hospital. “Nobody can give me any answers.”

Her companions at the hospital said her husband was killed on the ground next to her.

Dozens of NSW Police officers are at a house in Bonnyrigg in western Sydney. The street has been declared a crime scene.

The police action is connected to the shootings.

Helicopters have been circling the area for at least an hour and a half.

Police have told residents and waiting media that the whole street has been declared a crime scene. Access has been cut off from all sides.

People in homes on the street have been told to stay inside and turn off their lights, according to residents who have been blocked from returning to the area.