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Bondi shooting death toll rises to 16, including a child, after gunmen targeted Australia's Jewish community

Two gunmen killed 16 and injured 40 at a Hanukkah event, in Sydney's deadliest mass shooting in decades, declared an antisemitic terrorist attack by authorities.

  • A Chanukkah event at Bondi Beach was hit by gunfire, killing Twelve people including children and a police officer.
  • Authorities treat the incident as a targeted, premeditated assault, with police sources saying the assault involved months-long planning.
  • Witnesses said bullets passed nearby as people hid and ran, paramedics treated about a dozen injured, and a survivor of the October 7 attacks described severe head wounds.
  • Police say one gunman was killed and second gunman remains in custody while emergency services treat him, and police search teams scour the area after an unconfirmed device report under the pedestrian bridge.
  • ECAJ leaders confirmed staff were wounded and Alex Ryvchin said his media adviser was injured; community visitors came only two weeks ago to work with the Jewish community.
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Neither the father nor the son had been assessed as a suspected threat by authorities. Now they are suspected of the terrorist attack on the Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach. Before the attack, they said they were going on a fishing trip, according to information to the Sydney Morning Herald.

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KPAX broke the news in on Sunday, December 14, 2025.
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