Ten people, including one shooter, have been killed in an attack at Sydney’s Bondi Beach on Sunday evening. An additional 11 people were injured and another gunman was arrested, according to Australian media.
A Chanukah by the Sea event was scheduled to take place near a children’s playground from 5pm and had begun when the attack began.
Two police officers were among those shot, ABC News reports.
A suspected improvised explosive device (IED) had been located soon after the shootings started and was dealt with by the bomb squad.
As events unfolded around 9:00PM local time police called it a “developing incident”, urging people to avoid the area.
An infographic titled “Mass shooting at Sydney’s Bondi Beach” created in Ankara, Turkiye on December 14, 2025. (Mehmet Yaren Bozgun/Anadolu via Getty)
“Anyone at the scene should take shelter. Police are on scene and more information will be provided when it comes to hand,” they said.
“We are still asking people in the area to take shelter until we can determine what is happening.”
Multiple patients were treated at the scene and were transported to hospitals in the immediate vicinity of Australia’s biggest city
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