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Daughter and best friend narrowly avoided being caught up in it, heard all the gunfire when they were leaving.
A lot of her friends are still there and have videos of the shooters. 2 men dressed in black.
Just thanking her good fortune that she left when she did. Feels rather surreal
Hoping the outcome isn't horrific for those caught up in it, but I suspect it won't be great
Scary stuff. Glad to hear your daughter is safe.
Awful stuff, glad your lass is safe.
Same here - daughter is out there, and 2 of her friends left that beach just before it started.
Awful
I have many Aussie friends from my time out there. This is simple horrible.
I'm sure there are a couple of STW regulars already working on how they can blame it on their usual targets.
I checked in with a mate in Sydney, him and his family are OK but the school he teaches at takes a lot of kids from that area. 🙁
The footage is awful! Looks like it could have been a lot worse if a bloke hadn’t jumped on one of the gunmen and wrestled the gun off him. Takes balls like watermelons to do that!
Glad your daughter and her mate are ok!
The Sydney Morning Herald is an excellent newspaper and a reliable source. It is reporting 12 people killed. www.smh.com.au
For those unfamiliar with Sydney:
1) Bondi has historically had lots of Jewish residents - hence the Hannukah celebration was held in the park in front of the beach there.
https://www.australianjewishnews.com/74335-2/
2) Sydney has seen an upsurge in anti-Semitic attacks and actions in the last couple of years, including firebombings and graffiti. The marauding knifeman attack at the Bondi Junction shopping mall was not one of those incidents.
3) There is a bizarre organised crime aspect to some or all of these attacks. Tobacco smuggling and protection rackets are a huge problem; one of the leading racketeers, a young Syrian psycho, went on the run from Australia. He has reportedly been recruiting various idiots online to perform anti-Semitic attacks in Australia. There was also a bizarre "bomb caravan" plot, which now seems to have been fake. A criminal faked the plot recruited two drug-addled patsies, and then attempted to "sell" the plot to law enforcement and prosecutors to get out of his criminal charges.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/3/10/mob-faked-attack-on-australian-synagogue-police
5) There has been an uptick in white, Christian supremacists showing their faces and intimidating the public.
6) Australia is a small but strong supporter of Ukraine. It has provided military vehicles to Ukraine and last week took action to stop Russian oil being processed in India and sold into Australia. Anti-Semitic attacks have also been arranged in Australia by Iran.
Awful stuff.
I'm sure there are a couple of STW regulars already working on how they can blame it on their usual targets.
I’m sure there are trolls on here already casting aspersions in order to start… Oh, wait.
Life seems to be particularly grim at the moment. I just don’t know what say.
Absolutely horrendous. The poor people involved in that will be traumatised for life. Looks like the press have released plenty of images of the perpetrator(s). Sounds like another potential attack on a Jewish festival. That guy who jumped one of the gunmen from behind is an absolute hero.
That guy who jumped one of the gunmen from behind is an absolute hero.
Isn’t he just. Staggering selfless bravery.
I'm sure there are a couple of STW regulars already working on how they can blame it on their usual targets.
I knew from my daughter before the news broke that there was a Hannukah celebration happening on the beach.
I retained from commenting on the possible cause at the time as that wasn't the reason I posted.
That said and your baiting comment in mind, who would you like to blame - I'm pretty certain it wasn't the Bondi branch of the Women's Institute?
Unfortunately (and it shouldn't have to be this way) the brief to my daughter is to stay away from any Jewish gatherings over the festive period and beyond
'That said and your baiting comment in mind, who would you like to blame...'
You must have misread my comment, I didn't attempt to blame anyone.
Anyway, apologies, I disrupted the thread which I should not have done. I didn't comprehend the intended tone.
Very sad all round. But yes that person who wrestled the gunman. Just wow.
My daughter and her partner were on the beach this morning, went for a swim and sat having a picnic. Like an awful lot of people they took off once they realised it was gun fire and not fireworks from the party. They ran off the beach across a road where a bus driver had his doors opened and waited till the bus was full to the rafters before taking people away. Bus was full of barefooted people in shorts and bikinis.
They left everything but phone and door keys on the beach, she was pretty shaken up when they called us early this morning. They've had such a positive time since arriving there 4 weeks ago, its been very welcoming.
That guy who jumped one of the gunmen from behind is an absolute hero.
100%
Running up and disarming a guy holding a shotgun who is intent on murder is beyond brave. Big shout out to the other fella who followed him too - he also ran towards the danger.
Crazy world
Looks like it could have been a lot worse if a bloke hadn’t jumped on one of the gunmen and wrestled the gun off him.
Unfortunately the gunman somehow managed to get another gun and go back to shooting before being shit himself.
Amazingly heroic act by that guy .... In my head I was saying "shoot him in the leg" but that probs wouldn't have been such a good idea.
Very sad all round. But yes that person who wrestled the gunman. Just wow.
Whoever saves one life saves the world entire, a point on which both Jewish and Muslim scripture agree. Incredible bravery.
Tragic news, glad your familiy are safe Artist. The footage of the bloke tackling the gunman is just...unbelievable bravery
Amazingly heroic act by that guy .... In my head I was saying "shoot him in the leg" but that probs wouldn't have been such a good idea.
Absolute hero but yes, if he'd tried to use the weapon and (worst case) missed and the stray bullet had killed an innocent bystander, things could have been very confused and messy. Brave guy though, put himself right in the middle of it.
Reports from Australian media that the man who with immense bravery disarmed one of the shooters upon the Hanukkah celebration on Bondi Beach in Sydney is a local shopkeeper called Ahmed al Ahmed.
One of the shooters has been identified as Naveed Akram from the south-west Sydney suburb Bonnyrigg.
No information on the second shooter yet, or if the shooter named is dead or alive. Several suspected IEDs have been removed from a car parked nearby as well.
I'm sure there are a couple of STW regulars already working on how they can blame it on their usual targets.
Netanyahu should be at the top of that list.
It appears that the man Ahmed Al Ahmed bravely disarmed had another weapon and Mr Al Ahmed was shot twice.
Cynical am I? Hopefully some one will take that chaps name and be positive about it.
Some people seem incapable of seperating a government from a religion.
I'm pretty sure the jewish get together, whatever it was, in (checks notes) Australia, has absolutley nothing to do with the atrocities happening in Israel and Palestine caused by the evil dictator in charge there. It's a handy excuse though -same as in the USA at the mo, so called 'christians' in government using god as a handy excuse to persecute anyone they don't like.
That said, Australia is a pretty deeply racist country if you are not white.
No information on the second shooter yet, or if the shooter named is dead or alive.
Shooters confirmed by NSW police as a 50 y/o male and 24 y/o male who are father and son. The father is dead, the son is critically injured. They are not looking for anyone else. Source.