Bondi Beach shooting death toll rises to 16, 10-year-old child among those killed | Highlights

Shooting in Bondi Beach Live Updates: Jewish schools and synagogues in New South Wales will remain closed and will not be holding their usual religious services in the wake of the attack at Bondi Beach on Sunday.

The announcement was made by Dave Sharma, senator for New South Wales and the former ambassador to Israel. As reported by ABC (Australian Broadcasting Cooperation) news, Sharma told Sarah Morice on NewsRadio that closure was also in light of the higher level of security.

Shooting in Bondi Beach Live Updates: As the death toll in the Bondi beach shooting rises to 16, police have revealed that the youngest victim of the attack was a 10-year-old child.

Shooting in Bondi Beach Live Updates: NSW Commissioner Lanyon stated on Monday that there was no indication that the attack on Sunday was planned in advance.

However, the NSW official added that it was too early in the investigation to determine this.

Shooting in Bondi Beach Live Updates: One of the gunman had firearm license, said New South Wales police commissioner Mal Lanyon stated that one of the gunmen - 50-year-old male - held a gun license for 10 years and had six registered firearms.

Shooting in Bondi Beach Live Updates: Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese, when asked about Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu's swipe at him after the Bondi beach shooting, made a call for unity.

"This is a moment for national unity, a moment for Australians to come together, which is exactly what we will be doing," said Albanese at a press conference on Monday (local time).

Shooting in Bondi Beach Live Updates: Speaking at a press conference regarding the terror attack at Bondi Beach, NSW police commissioner Mal Lanyon stated that only two gunmen were involved in the attack, a father-son duo.

The commissioner added that the two suspects are both male - one 50-year-old and one 24-year-old.

Lanyon added that 50 year old male died during the shooting. The 24-year-old male is critical but in stable condition.

Shooting in Bondi Beach Live Updates: Speaking at a press conference regarding the terror attack at Bondi Beach, Australian prime minister stated all efforts will be made to investigate the incident, adding that such an attack cannot divide the country.

“Australia will not be divided,” said Albanese.

Shooting in Bondi Beach Live Udpates: Taking to social media platform X, formerly Twitter, the New South Wales police force have confirmed the rise in the death toll.

As per the latest information on Monday (local time), at least 16 people have been killed after the deadly incident. This toll includes one of the gunmen who opened fire at the gathering.

Shooting in Bondi Beach Live Updates: As Australia reels after a deadly mass shooting at Bondi Beach, New South Wales Health Minister Ryan Park has stated that the death toll had risen from 12 to 16 overnight.

As reported by news agency Reuters, the NSW minister stated that the death toll includes a 12-year-old child.

Three other children are being treated in hospital, he added at a press conference.

Shooting in Bondi Beach Live Updates: The death toll from the terror attack at Bondi beach has now increased to 16. As per Reuters, police added that at least 40 people have been injured after the attack at the Sydney beach.

Shooting in Bondi Beach Live Updates: A bystander seen in a widely circulated video disarming a gunman during a deadly shooting rampage at a popular Australian beach is being heralded as a hero who saved lives.

Video footage posted to social media shows a passerby dressed in a white T-shirt and dark pants crouching behind a parked car before sneaking up behind a gunman, grabbing him and wrestling away his firearm.

The bystander then points the weapon at the gunman, who falls to the ground.

The intervention drew wide praise, including from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and New South Wales Premier Chris Minns called it the “most unbelievable scene.”

“A man walking up to a gunman who had fired on the community and single-handedly disarming him, putting his own life at risk to save the lives of countless other people,” Minns said. “That man is a genuine hero.”

Shooting in Bondi Beach Live Updates: US President Donald Trump has condemned the mass shooting at Sydney's Bondi Beach, calling the incident a ‘purely antisemitic attack’.

Shooting in Bondi Beach Live Updates: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned the attack in Bondi Beach on Sunday. However, in his condemnation the Likud leader targeted the Albanese government and accused it of ‘failing to protect’ the Jewish community.

Echoing his statements made after Australia's recognition of Palestinian statehood, Netanyahu said he warned ahead of the attack that the move “pours fuel on antisemitic fire.”

“You did nothing to curb the cancer cells that were growing inside your country. You took no action,” Netanyahu said during a government meeting on Sunday. “You let the disease spread and the result is the horrific attacks on Jews we saw today.”

Albanese vowed at a late-night press conference to “eradicate” antisemitism, saying shooting was a “targeted attack” on the Jewish community.

At least 12 people, including an Israeli citizen, were killed in Australia’s worst terrorist attack when gunmen opened fire on Jews who had gathered to celebrate the first day of Hanukkah at Sydney’s iconic Bondi Beach on Sunday evening.

Shooting in Bondi Beach Live Updates: One of the survivors told reporters that the authorities “froze” during the 20-minute rampage, per New York Post. Eyewitness Shmulik Scuri, who was present at the Chanukah by the Sea 2025 celebration, told reporters that the two suspects began shooting from a nearby bridge. “For 20 minutes. They shoot, shoot. Change magazines. And just shoot,” he said. “Twenty minutes, there was four policemen there. Nobody give fire back. Nothing. Like they froze,” he went on, adding, “I don’t understand why.”

Shooting in Bondi Beach Live Updates: A 12-year-old child was among those who were killed in the mass shooting incident at Bondi Beach in Sydney, reports said.

Shooting in Bondi Beach Live Updates: The Palestinian foreign ministry has condemned the terror attack at Bondi Beach in Sydney in which gunmen opened fire at people who had gathered for the Hanukkah festival celebrations. The mass shooting is being termed by the Australian authorities as a targeted attack on the Jewish community.

Shooting in Bondi Beach Live Updates: Britain's King Charles said he and Queen Camilla were "appalled and saddened" by the shooting targeting Jewish people at a Chanukah celebration at Sydney's Bondi Beach on Sunday, which claimed the lives of at least 11 people and left dozens wounded. Charles is the head of state for Australia, although the role is largely ceremonial. "My wife and I are appalled and saddened by the most dreadful antisemitic terrorist attack on Jewish people attending the Chanukah celebration at Bondi Beach," Charles said in a statement posted on X.

Shooting in Bondi Beach Live Updates: The Hanukkah event at Berlin's Brandenburg Gate will include a prayer for the victims of Sydney's Bondi Beach shooting. Germany has long followed a policy of special responsibility for Jews and for Israel, known as the Staatsraeson, due to the legacy of the Nazi Holocaust. Security measures at synagogues and other Jewish institutions are the norm in Berlin, but a police spokesperson said these would be ramped up for the Hanukkah period.

Shooting in Bondi Beach Live Updates: Major cities like London, new York and Berlin have heightened the security measures for the Hanukkah festival events in view of the Bondi Beach attack.

Shooting in Bondi Beach Live Updates: One of the two suspects has been shot dead and another is said to be critically injured. The police said that explosives were found in a car at the Bondi Beach as they are examining several suspicious material in the vicinity of the attack. Australia's ABC news quoted anonymous police officials saying that one of the two suspects has been identified as Naveed Akram, though it is not clear if Akram is the one who was shot dead or the one critically injured. NSW Police Commissioner Mal Lanyon said one of the shooters was known to authorities, but clarified that “the person that we know has very, very little knowledge to the police”, ABC Australia reported. “So he’s not someone that we would have automatically been looking at at this time,” he said.

Shooting in Bondi Beach Live Updates: The shooting was a “targeted attack” on the Jewish community, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said at a late-night press conference. He flagged an uncompromising crackdown on anti-Semitism. “We will eradicate it,” he said.

Shooting in Bondi Beach Live Updates: Israel's Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, accused Canberra of having fuelled antisemitism in the period leading up to the shooting."A few months ago I wrote to the Australian prime minister that your policy is pouring oil on the fire of antisemitism," he said, referring to a letter he sent to Anthony Albanese in August following Canberra's announcement that it would recognise Palestinian statehood.

"Antisemitism is a cancer that spreads when leaders are silent," Netanyahu added during a televised public address at an event in southern Israel.

Shooting in Bondi Beach Live Updates: UN Secretary General António Guterres termed the shooting a “heinous deadly attack” and said, “I am horrified and condemn today’s heinous deadly attack on Jewish families gathered in Sydney to celebrate Hannukah. My heart is with the Jewish community worldwide on this first day of Hannukah, a festival celebrating the miracle of peace and light vanquishing darkness.”

Shooting in Bondi Beach Live Updates: The United States "strongly condemns" the attack at Sydney's Bondi Beach on Sunday in which 12 people were killed and almost 30 wounded when gunmen fired on a Jewish holiday event, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio posted on Sunday. "Antisemitism has no place in this world. Our prayers are with the victims of this horrific attack, the Jewish community, and the people of Australia," Rubio wrote in a post on X.

Shooting in Bondi Beach Live Updates: The bystander who tackled and disarmed a gunman at the Bondi Beach is being hailed a hero for saving lives. Footage circulating on social media shows a man in a car park wearing a white shirt running up to a man in a dark shirt who is holding a rifle. He then tackles the armed man from behind, wrenching the rifle from him with his hands before pointing the gun back at the man. While the identity of the man was not immediately known, Chris Minns, the premier of New South Wales state, where Sydney is located, said it was the "most unbelievable scene I've ever seen". "A man walking up to a gunman who had fired on the community and single-handedly disarming him, putting his own life at risk to save the lives of countless other people."

"That man is a genuine hero, and I've got no doubt that there are many, many people alive tonight as a result of his bravery."