Hanukkah shooting at Australia's Bondi Beach that killed at least 11 deemed a terrorist attack
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At least 11 people were killed and more than two dozen injured in a shooting by two gunmen at a Jewish holiday event at Sydney's Bondi Beach on Sunday.
Australian police have deemed the shooting a terrorist attack and are working to determine whether others were involved.
One suspected gunman was dead and another in critical condition, authorities said. A police officer is also among the dead and another was injured, New South Wales Police Commissioner Mal Lanyon confirmed at a news conference with New South Wales Premier Chris Minns.
"No stone will be left unturned," Lanyon said. "This news of violence, the taking of innocent lives, is unacceptable to New South Wales."
Hundreds had gathered for an event at Bondi Beach called Chanukah by the Sea, which was celebrating the start of the Hanukkah Jewish festival.
Police said their operation was “ongoing” and that a “number of suspicious items located in the vicinity” were being examined by specialist officers.
Dramatic footage apparently filmed by a member of the public and broadcast on Australian television channels showed someone appearing to tackle and disarm one of the gunmen, before pointing the man’s weapon at him.
Witnesses said the shooting at the famed beach on a hot summer's evening lasted about 10 minutes, sending beachgoers scattering along the sand and into nearby streets and parks.
Lachlan Moran, 32, from Melbourne, was waiting for his family nearby when he heard shots, he told The Associated Press. He dropped the beer he was carrying for his brother and ran.
“You heard a few pops, and I freaked out and ran away... I started sprinting. I just had that intuition. I sprinted as quickly as I could,” Moran said. He said he heard shooting off and on for about five minutes.
“Everyone just dropped all their possessions and everything and were running and people were crying and it was just horrible,” Moran said.
Emergency services were called to Campbell Parade about 6.45 p.m. responding to reports of shots being fired.
Local news outlets spoke to distressed and bloody bystanders who witnessed the horror. New South Wales Premier Chris Minns described the reports and images coming from the scene as “deeply distressing.”
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the shooting was a "targeted attack on Jewish Australians on the first day of Hanukkah, which should be a day of joy, a celebration of faith — an act of antisemitism, terrorism that has struck the heart of our nation."
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