Twelve Dead in Shooting at Bondi Beach Hanukkah Party
14th December 2025
At least 12 people were killed after gunmen opened fire at a Hanukkah celebration on Australia’s Bondi Beach.
More than 50 gunshots were heard as hundreds of people fled the scene in Sydney at around 6:40pm local time on Sunday.
Videos show two men dressed in black firing rifles toward the beach from a bridge above a nearby car park as sirens sound in the distance. One of the gunmen is tackled by a bystander before retreating to retrieve another weapon.
Police said one of the alleged shooters was killed, a second remains in critical condition, and searches are ongoing amid reports of a possible third offender.
The shooting, which has left at least 29 people injured, targeted Sydney’s Jewish community and is being treated as a terrorist incident, New South Wales premier Chris Minns said.
One of the alleged gunmen has been named as Naveed Akram.The 24-year-old is said to have been killed by police while another alleged attacker is in custody.His driver’s licence says he was lives in Bonnyrigg, a suburb of Sydney.