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Sydney beach shooting: 12 killed, suspect identified, terror probe underway | Latest updates

At least 12 people were killed and dozens injured after two gunmen opened fire at Sydney's Bondi Beach during a Chanukah celebration on Sunday evening. Australian authorities have identified one of the shooters as Naveed Akram and designated the incident a terrorist attack, as police recover an explosive device and continue raids and investigations.

Police cordon off an area at Bondi Beach after a reported shooting in Sydney
Police cordon off an area at Bondi Beach after a reported shooting in Sydney Credit:AP/PTI
| Updated on: Dec 14, 2025 | 11:12 PM

New Delhi: At least 12 people were killed and dozens injured after two gunmen opened fire at Sydney’s iconic Bondi Beach on Sunday evening in an attack Australian authorities have designated as a terrorist incident.

The shooting took place shortly after 6.30 pm local time during the “Chanukah by the Sea” event, which had drawn hundreds of people to the beachfront. Police said the attackers were armed with automatic rifles and opened fire on the crowd, triggering panic as people fled or sought shelter.

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One of the gunmen was fatally shot by police at the scene, while the second was arrested and remains in critical condition. Authorities have identified one of the shooters as Naveed Akram, a man from Sydney’s south-west, but have not yet clarified whether he was the attacker killed by police or the one taken into custody. Investigations remain ongoing, with multiple agencies involved.

Top updates

  • According to ABC Australia, Naveed Akram was believed to have carried out the attack at the crowded Bondi Beach on a busy weekend.
  • Australian authorities said Akram’s home in the suburb of Bonnyrigg was raided by police on Sunday evening as part of the probe.
  • The first victim has been identified as Rabbi Eli Schlanger, an assistant rabbi at Chabad of Bondi. “He was killed while doing the most basic, kindest, most normal part of our lives. It wasn't a battlefield. It was a Chanukah party,” his friend Eliezer Tewel wrote.
  • Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Australia’s government of fuelling antisemitism in the lead-up to the attack, saying, “Antisemitism is a cancer that spreads when leaders are silent and do not act.”
  • New South Wales Police Commissioner Mal Lanyon said one of the shooters was known to authorities but added that “the person that we know has very, very little knowledge to the police”.
  • Police said an improvised explosive device was found in a car linked to the deceased attacker. “We have found an improvised explosive device in a car which is linked to the deceased offender,” Lanyon told a news conference.
  • Authorities said the target of the attack has not yet been confirmed and several suspicious items found in the area are being examined by specialist officers. An exclusion zone has been established around the site.
  • The Australian Broadcasting Corporation aired footage showing two black-clad gunmen firing at people from a footbridge near the beach.
  • Separate video footage broadcast on Australian television showed a member of the public tackling and disarming one of the gunmen before pointing the weapon at him.
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