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 folks had been in custody following experiences of a number of gunshots, urging the general public to take shelter.
“The police operation is ongoing, and we proceed to induce folks to keep away from the realm,” New South Wales police state in a publish on X.
The Sydney Morning Herald stated a number of folks had been injured, whereas tv networks Sky and ABC aired footage displaying folks mendacity on the bottom.
“I noticed not less than 10 folks on the bottom and blood in all places,” 30-year-old native Harry Wilson, who witnessed the taking pictures, instructed the Herald.
Alex Ryvchin, co-chief government of the Government Council of Australian Jewry, instructed Sky Information in an interview that the taking pictures occurred at an occasion on the seashore 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 means, 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 indicate folks 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 energetic safety scenario in Bondi. We urge folks within the neighborhood to observe data from NSW Police,” stated a spokesperson for Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.
Bondi Seashore in jap Sydney is Australia’s most well-known seashore, drawing big numbers of surfers, swimmers and vacationers, particularly at weekends.
The assault got here nearly precisely 11 years after a lone gunman took 18 folks hostage on the Lindt Cafe in Sydney. Two hostages and the gunman had been killed after a 16-hour standoff.
