Live ticker for the assault in Sydney ++ Number of individuals killed in Sydney rises to fifteen – attackers have been father and son ++ | EUROtoday

Two attackers shot and killed a number of folks on Sydney’s well-known Bondi Beach. According to authorities, one of many perpetrators was additionally killed by the police and the opposite was arrested. The authorities launched an enormous rescue operation on the seaside within the Australian metropolis. According to police, dozens have been injured, together with two cops.

All occasions surrounding the terrorist assault in Australia within the reside ticker:

10:00 p.m. – According to police, the attackers have been father and son

Australian investigators have recognized the 2 Sydney attackers as father and son. The police introduced this at a press convention. The 50-year-old father was shot by emergency providers on the scene. The 24-year-old son was caught and brought to hospital with critical accidents. The police don’t consider that different perpetrators have been concerned on the crime scene.

8:03 p.m. – Terrorist assault in Sydney: Death toll rises to 16 in whole

After the terrorist assault on a Jewish pageant within the Australian metropolis of Sydney, the police now put the variety of useless at 16. The attackers killed 15 folks, and one of many attackers additionally died. 40 folks stay in hospital, New South Wales Police mentioned on Platform X.

7:12 p.m. – Commemoration at Jewish pageant in Berlin

In the wake of the terrorist assault in Sydney, a number of hundred folks gathered on the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin to have a good time the start of the Hanukkah pageant along with the Chabad Jewish group. Also current have been Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, his spouse Elke Büdenbender and the Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of the State of Israel, Rabbi Kalman Meir Ber.

“We are all horrified, all in pain and all speechless about the terrible event that happened in Sydney, Australia. The community there just wanted to celebrate light over darkness,” mentioned the chairman of the Jewish Community Chabad Berlin, Rabbi Yehuda Teichtal. “They wanted to set a universal sign for togetherness, for positive cooperation, and that all people, regardless of whether they are Jews, Muslims, Christians or non-believers, are under one God.”

6:59 p.m. – Palestinian Authority condemns assault

The Palestinian Authority has condemned the lethal Sydney assault. The State of Palestine reaffirms “its firm position to reject all forms of extremism and terrorism, including the killing of civilians,” mentioned a press release in Ramallah, in response to the Palestinian information company Wafa. “The State of Palestine also condemned Israel’s continued killing of civilians in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.”

Sincere condolences are expressed to the households of the victims in addition to to the federal government and other people of pleasant Australia and we want the injured a speedy restoration, the assertion additionally mentioned.

3:56 p.m. – Netanyahu blames Australia

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has made critical accusations in opposition to the Australian authorities. Australia’s coverage of recognizing a Palestinian state is fueling anti-Semitism, Netanyahu mentioned. He warned Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in a letter in August: “Your demand for a Palestinian state is adding fuel to the anti-Semitic fire.”

Netanyahu described the Bondi Beach assault as “cold-blooded murder.” At the identical time, the federal government in Canberra was accused of doing nothing to cease the unfold of anti-Semitism. “They are allowing the disease to spread, and the result is the terrible attacks on Jews that we have seen today,” he mentioned. Albanese introduced in August that Australia would acknowledge a Palestinian state on the UN General Assembly in September. After the assault, he condemned the act as a “targeted attack on Jewish Australians” and referred to as a gathering of the National Security Council.

3:18 p.m. – Klöckner desires to make a press release after the phobia in Sydney

Bundestag President Julia Klöckner (CDU) desires to ship a sign of solidarity with Jews. “Wherever Hanukkah candles are being lit these days, we should show solidarity and face. I will do that on Wednesday in front of the Brandenburg Gate, light the candle and speak,” mentioned Klöckner. “We must never get used to anti-Semitism, we must never tolerate it among ourselves – we must never remain silent when Jewish life is threatened.”

2:20 p.m. – Central Council warns of additional enhance in anti-Semitic assaults

The Central Council of Jews in Germany has expressed concern about growing anti-Semitic violence. “The attacks on Jewish institutions and events worldwide are becoming more and more frequent and increasingly deadly,” mentioned Central Council President Josef Schuster. “The terrorists are interested in destroying our Western way of living and celebrating. We must never allow that.”

Schuster continued: “We must be clear that this attack on a Hanukkah festival did not happen by chance.” It is “the pattern of anti-Semitic terror to select holidays to murder unsuspecting and defenseless people.”

1:44 p.m. – Merz speaks of an “attack on our common values”

Chancellor Friedrich Merz (CDU) was dismayed by the assault. “The anti-Semitic attack on Bondi Beach during Hanukkah leaves me stunned,” wrote the Chancellor on His ideas are with the victims and their households.

1:10 p.m. – Police: Death toll rises to 12

The variety of useless and injured has elevated. At least twelve folks have died, the police introduced. Almost 30 folks have been injured. Police and authorities officers spoke of a terrorist assault. One suspected shooter was killed and one other is in vital situation, New South Wales Police Chief Mal Lanyon mentioned. Authorities are additionally investigating whether or not a 3rd shooter was concerned. A bomb disposal squad is in motion due to a number of suspected explosive units.

1:07 p.m. – Passerby in video is well known as a hero

The video of a brave man is inflicting a stir on social networks. The footage exhibits a passer-by leaping onto the again of one of many two suspected attackers. After a brief battle, he takes the rifle from him. The man who had beforehand fired the rifle then staggers again, however manages to flee. In the Australian media, the passerby is well known as a “hero”.

12:56 p.m. – Terror in Sydney shocks EU leaders

Top EU representatives have expressed their horror on the occasions on Bondi Beach within the Australian metropolis of Sydney. EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen wrote on social networks that she was shocked by the assault and despatched her condolences to the households and kin of the victims. Europe stands with Australia and Jewish communities in every single place. “We are united against violence, anti-Semitism and hatred,” she emphasised.

EU Parliament President Roberta Metsola and EU Foreign Affairs Representative Kaja Kallas additionally made comparable statements. Kallas mentioned: “This heinous act of violence against the Jewish community must be condemned in the strongest possible terms.” Metsola wrote a few image of a candlestick for the Jewish pageant of lights Hanukkah: “This light will not go out.”

12:48 p.m. – Prime Minister speaks of terror in opposition to Jews

According to official info, the assault within the Australian metropolis of Sydney was an act of terrorism. The assault was directed in opposition to the Jewish group on the primary day of Hanukkah, mentioned the top of presidency for the New South Wales area, Chris Minns.

12:38pm – Prien and Wadephul dismayed by terror in Sydney

Education Minister Karin Prien and Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul (each CDU) reacted with dismay to the assault in Australia with many deaths. Wadephul wrote on His ideas are with the households of the murdered, the injured and the Jewish group.

12:15 p.m. – Israel’s President horrified after assault

Israeli President Isaac Herzog reacted with shock to the bloody gun assault at a Jewish celebration in Australia. In an emotional social media publish, he blamed “vile terrorists” for the assault. “Our deepest condolences go out to our Jewish sisters and brothers in Sydney,” mentioned Herzog. They have been attacked whereas lighting the primary candle for the Jewish pageant of lights, Hanukkah. He has already telephoned a consultant of the affected group to convey his condolences.

11:45 a.m. – Police: Ten useless in assault in Sydney

According to official info, ten folks have been killed within the assault within the Australian metropolis of Sydney – one in every of them a suspected attacker. Eleven persons are at the moment injured, the New South Wales Police Force mentioned on X. Among the injured have been two cops and a second suspected attacker who was in vital situation. Police say one of many suspects is known as Naveed Akram from Bonnyrigg in Sydney’s southwest. His residence is being searched.

10:58am – Israel’s international minister criticizes Australia

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar has reacted to the lethal capturing on the Jewish Festival of Lights with sharp criticism of the Australian authorities. “I am horrified by the murderous shooting attack at a Hanukkah event in Sydney, Australia,” Saar wrote in a publish on Platform The Intifada refers to 2 Palestinian uprisings in opposition to the Israeli occupation, through which quite a few Israelis have been killed in terrorist assaults prior to now.

10:46 a.m. – Two folks in police custody

According to the police, two persons are in police custody after the capturing within the Australian metropolis of Sydney. The operation on the in style Bondi Beach is ongoing, the New South Wales Police Force mentioned on X. People ought to proceed to keep away from the world. According to media experiences, a Jewish Hanukkah occasion was the goal of the assault. The eight-day pageant of lights begins this Sunday.

10:37 a.m. – Shots fired at Jewish Festival of Lights in Sydney

Several folks have been injured by gunfire in an assault on a celebration of the Jewish pageant of lights, Hanukkah, on Sydney’s well-known Bondi Beach. The police arrested two folks. The police operation remains to be ongoing, it was mentioned. The inhabitants was requested to keep away from the world. The assault occurred at an occasion on the seaside, Alex Ryvchin, a pacesetter of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry, instructed Sky News.

“If we were targeted in this way, it was on a scale that none of us could have ever imagined,” he mentioned. His media advisor was injured within the assault. An eyewitness was quoted by the Sydney Morning Herald as saying: “I saw at least ten people on the ground and blood everywhere.” A spokesman for Prime Minister Anthony Albanese mentioned they have been conscious of the safety scenario. He referred to as on the inhabitants to comply with the police’s directions.