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PinnedUpdated Yan Zhuang and Victoria Kim reported from Sydney, Australia.At least 11 people were killed by gunmen who targeted a Jewish celebration at Sydney’s Bondi Beach on Sunday, in what the authorities called a terrorist attack. One of the shooters was also killed, the police said. The rare mass shooting sent crowds scattering on Australia’s best-known beach. Emergency workers were seen transporting a person on a stretcher after the shooting. Video from the scene broadcast by ABC Australia, the public broadcaster, showed police officers fanning out in an outdoor area where a gun was lying near a tree.The police later said that two people were in custody. ABC Australia quoted the police as saying on Sunday night that the situation had been “neutralized” and that there were no active shooters unaccounted for.The chief executive of the Australian Jewish Association said that members of the Jewish community had been targeted. The police did not provide details, including whether they believed the shooting was a targeted attack.The ambulance service of the state of New South Wales was called to Bondi at about 6:45 p.m. in response to reports that multiple people had been shot, a spokeswoman said. The service was treating more than 10 people, she said, adding that at least some of the injured were being treated for gunshot wounds.Minutes after the shooting, the New South Wales police issued an alert asking people to stay away from the beach because of what they described as a “developing incident.” Bondi, on Sydney’s east coast, is over 3,000 feet long.Robert Gregory, the chief executive of the Australian Jewish Association, said members of the community told him the shooting had targeted a Chabad event being held at the beach. “This is an attack on the Jewish community that deeply that pains us as a community,” he said.Shootings are rare in Australia, a country with one of the lowest gun-related death rates in the developed world.“The Jewish community has a right to feel safe,” Mal Lanyon, the police commissioner for the state of New South Wales, told reporters.The police in Australia said at least one gunman was dead after an attack that targeted the Jewish community in Sydney on Sunday. At least 29 were injured and 11 others were dead.ImageCredit...Matthew Abbott for The New York TimesA witness captured footage of people running away from Bondi Beach as gunshots rang out on Sunday.VideoCreditCredit...Mike Ortiz, via AFPAn emissary with the Jewish organization Chabad in Australia was killed in the shooting, Motti Seligson, Chabad’s media director, said in a text message. He identified the emissary as Rabbi Eli Schlanger, the assistant rabbi at the Chabad of Bondi.Danny Ridley, a photographer who was documenting the Chabad event at the beach, said he was about 100 feet away from the gunmen during the shooting, hiding behind a parking meter. One shooter fired at him, leaving him with a light gash on his left rib.He said a lone policeman who happened to be nearby returned fire, and the shooting lasted for about 10 minutes. “It was just carnage,” he said.The Australian police said in a statement that two men carried out the shooting: One of the suspected gunmen is believed to be among the dead; the other is in critical condition. The police said that 11 other people were injured, two of whom were police officers. They added that the number of casualties is “expected to change as the operation continues.” The authorities have established an exclusion zone as specialists examine “a number of suspicious items,” the police said.10 people have been killed, Australian police said on X. One of the dead people is “a man believed to be one of the shooters,” the police said. Another suspected shooter is in “critical condition.” The police said that 11 more people were reported injured, including two police officers.UPDATE: A police operation is ongoing after a public place shooting by two men at Bondi Beach earlier today.Ten people have been confirmed dead, including a man believed to be one of the shooters. The second alleged shooter is in a critical condition.At this time, a further… https://t.co/lekTjxqf85— NSW Police Force (@nswpolice) December 14, 2025 Bondi Beach is one of Australia’s most famous destinations.ImageBondi Beach, the heart of Sydney’s oceanside culture, is one of the country’s most famous destinations for locals and tourists.Credit...Isabella Moore for The New York TimesBondi Beach, a half-mile crescent of yellow sand that sits less than four miles from downtown Sydney, Australia, is one of the country’s most famous destinations for locals and tourists. At least 10 people were killed on Sunday in a shooting at the beach, the police said.Hundreds of thousands of people visit the beach (pronounced bon-dye) every year. In 2022, more than 880,000 domestic visitors went to the beach in a single day, according to the New South Wales government. It is home to one of the world’s oldest surf lifesaving clubs and one of Australia’s oldest swimming clubs. It is open and patrolled by lifeguards year-round.The beach hosts several surfing competitions each year and is at the heart of Sydney’s oceanside culture. Bondi is one of several beaches in New South Wales that altogether stretch over 1,000 miles.Bondi Beach is known for its vast, picturesque landscape and clear blue waters. The beach is nestled in Sydney’s Bondi Junction, a hub of commercial activity that includes restaurants, bars, cafes and shopping centers.The beach was part of a large private estate until the mid-19th century, when it was opened to the public in 1882. The word Bondi is named from an Aboriginal word meaning “sound of the waves breaking on the beach,” according to the local government.Video filmed by an eyewitness and posted online shows two gunmen wearing black shirts firing multiple shots from a bridge at a Bondi Beach parking lot. Sirens and screams can be heard in the footage, which the Agence France-Presse news agency obtained and The New York Times verified. VideoCreditCredit...Timothy Brant-Coles, via AFPEbonny Munro, 32, she happened upon the Chabad event at the beach with her 17 month old child when she started hearing shots. She dove under a steel barbecue with another man, and could smell gunpowder from the shots, she said. The shooting continued for about 10 minutes and she saw at least one person get hit by a bullet, she said. Ms. Munro, who is originally from Australia but currently living in Texas, said it had seemed like a family event, with bubbles and music. “I was about to leave, and I just heard this pop,” she said. People led her and her baby to the nearby surf lifesaving club, where someone bandaged her scraped knees.Israel’s foreign minister, Gideon Saar, said the Jewish community in Australia had been targeted on Sunday. Authorities in Australia have not shared details about the gunman’s motives.Nitza Lostin told Kan, Israel’s public radio, that she had been heading to Bondi Beach to attend a Hanukkah event. “I know hundreds of members of the Jewish community were attending the event, and I was heading there too,” she said.“The scenes in Bondi are shocking and distressing,” Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said in a statement. “Police and emergency responders are on the ground working to save lives.”ImageCredit...George Chan/Getty ImagesRobert Gregory, the CEO of the Australian Jewish Association, said members of the community told him the shooting targeted a Chabad event being held at the beach. “This is an attack on the Jewish community deeply that pains us as a community,” he said.Emergency workers transported a person on a stretcher at Bondi Beach after the shooting.ImageCredit...Mark Baker/Associated PressABC Australia, the public broadcaster, has reported that the police at the scene said the situation had been “neutralized” and that there were no active shooters unaccounted for.A NSW Ambulance spokesman said 10 people have been transported to local hospitals. In addition, the ambulance service is also treating multiple people at the scene, he said.The New South Wales police said at about 7:30 p.m. that they had two people in custody, without providing further information. They urged people to remain away from the beach.