Dead and injured by gunfire on Bondi Beach in Sydney | EUROtoday

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As of: December 14, 2025 12:09 p.m

Several folks had been killed and injured by gunfire on Bondi Beach within the Australian metropolis of Sydney. According to preliminary findings, a Jewish Hanukkah celebration was attacked.

According to police, a minimum of ten folks had been killed and eleven injured – two of them law enforcement officials – in an assault on a celebration of the Jewish competition of lights Hanukkah on Sydney’s well-known Bondi Beach, police stated.

According to preliminary findings, a Jewish Hanukkah occasion was the goal of the assault. The eight-day competition of lights begins right now. “Shots at a Hanukkah event,” wrote the Jewish group Australian Jewish Association on X. “We have warned so many times that this would happen.”

The police spoke of two attackers. The second suspected attacker is in vital situation. Investigators had beforehand reported that two folks had been in custody.

Israel’s president speaks of “cruel attack”

Israel’s President Isaac Herzog spoke of a “cruel attack on Jews” on the Hanukkah celebrations held on the seashore. During a speech in Jerusalem, he known as on the Australian authorities to do extra to fight anti-Semitism. The German ambassador to Israel, Steffen Seibert, stated on the net service

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese known as on folks to observe police security directions. In an announcement, he spoke of a “shocking and distressing” assault. “My thoughts are with everyone affected,” Albanese added.