SYDNEY: A number of accidents had been reported after a taking pictures at Sydney’s Bondi Seashore on Sunday (Dec 14).
Australian police stated two individuals had been in custody following studies of a number of gunshots, urging the general public to take shelter.
“The police operation is ongoing, and we proceed to induce individuals to keep away from the realm,” New South Wales police state in a submit on X.
The Sydney Morning Herald stated a number of individuals had been injured, whereas tv networks Sky and ABC aired footage displaying individuals mendacity on the bottom.
“I noticed at the least 10 individuals on the bottom and blood in all places,” 30-year-old native Harry Wilson, who witnessed the taking pictures, advised the Herald.
Alex Ryvchin, co-chief govt of the Govt Council of Australian Jewry, advised Sky Information in an interview that the taking pictures occurred at an occasion on the seaside celebrating the Jewish pageant of Hanukkah, which started at sunset.
“That is the Jewish neighborhood at its finest coming collectively to mark a cheerful event. If we had been focused intentionally on this method, it is one thing of a scale that none of us might have ever fathomed. It is a horrific factor,” he stated, including his media adviser had been wounded within the assault.
Movies circulating on X appeared to point out individuals on Bondi Seashore scattering as a number of gunshots and police sirens will be heard. Reuters couldn’t instantly confirm the footage.
“We’re conscious of an lively safety state of affairs in Bondi. We urge individuals within the neighborhood to comply with info from NSW Police,” stated a spokesperson for Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.
Bondi Seashore in jap Sydney is Australia’s most well-known seaside, drawing large numbers of surfers, swimmers and vacationers, particularly at weekends.
The assault got here nearly precisely 11 years after a lone gunman took 18 individuals hostage on the Lindt Cafe in Sydney. Two hostages and the gunman had been killed after a 16-hour standoff.
