Monday 15 / December / 2025
Police for the Australian state of New South Wales where Sydney is located say the death toll from the Bondi Beach shooting has now risen to 16.
The NSW Police Force, in a post on X, also said that 40 people remain in the hospital.
"More information will be made available soon," the post added. The two perpetrators of the terror attack at Bondi Beach in Sydney were a father and son, the police commissioner of New South Wales has said.
At a press conference on Monday morning, NSW police chief Mal Lanyon said "the offenders are a 50-year-old and a 24-year-old male who are father and son."
Lanyon added that police were not searching for a third suspect.
He said the father had been killed during the incident, while the 24-year-old son was in hospital in a critical but stable condition.
Trump denounces 'antisemitic attack' at Bondi Beach
US President Donald Trump has denounced the "antisemitic attack" at Bondi Beach.
"This was a terrible attack, 11 dead, 29 badly wounded. And that was an antisemitic attack, obviously," Trump said during an event at the White House.
The US president also mentioned a "very brave person" who had confronted one of the shooters at Bondi Beach.
"Great respect to the man that did that," Trump said of the person who tackled and disarmed one of the gunmen while he was perpetrating the shooting.
1 Israeli citizen among dead
The Israeli Foreign Ministry says one Israeli citizen was among those killed after gunmen fired on a Jewish holiday event at Sydney's Bondi Beach on Sunday.
The ministry did not provide any further details.
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said he had spoken with his Australian counterpart Penny Wong.
Saar said the Australian government should take stronger action on antisemitism in the country.
He said that "security for the Jewish community in Australia will be achieved only through a real change in the public atmosphere."
According to Jewish monitoring groups, including the Central Council of Jews in Germany, antisemitic incidents in Australia have risen by a factor of five since Israel's campaign against Hamas began, in response to the militant group's attack on Israel on October 7, 2023.
Man who disarmed Bondi gunman recovering after surgery, say family
The family of the man who was filmed wrestling a firearm away from one of the Bondi gunmen told local media that he is recovering after surgery.
The man — identified by local media as Ahmed al Ahmed, a 43-year-old fruit shop owner — was filmed charging at one of the gunmen and disarming him.
He underwent surgery for bullet wounds to his arm and hands.
Ahmed's cousin Mustafa told broadcaster, 7News Australia, that doctors had informed the family that Ahmed was in a stable condition, following surgery.
"He is a hero, he is a hundred percent hero," Mustafa said. "Still he is in the hospital and we don't know exactly what's going on inside ... but we hope he will be fine."
A GoFundMe campaign has been set up for Ahmed with just over A$200,000 ($132,900, €113,338) raised in a few hours.
