Overview
- Authorities say 15 people were killed and about 42 injured when two gunmen opened fire for roughly 10 minutes on a Hanukkah gathering at Bondi Beach.
- Police identified the suspects as Sajid Akram, 50, who was shot dead by officers, and his son, Naveed, 24, who is hospitalized in critical condition under guard.
- Investigators recovered several legally held long‑range firearms registered to the father and conducted searches at a family home in Bonnyrigg and a short‑term rental in Campsie.
- ASIO confirmed one suspect had been investigated in 2019 without being deemed an immediate threat, and media report ISIS flags and a pledge of allegiance that police have not officially confirmed.
- A French national is among the victims, Israel’s leaders condemned the attack with Prime Minister Netanyahu criticizing Australian policy, France’s PNAT opened a parallel probe, a bystander who disarmed a shooter drew major crowdfunding support, and an unrelated man named Naveed Akram refuted false online identification.