Eleven killed in shooting targeting Jewish community at Australia's Bondi Beach

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/ckgk391yzm7t

New South Wales Police say 11 people have been killed in a shooting at Bondi Beach targeting the Jewish community, with 29 taken to hospital - including a child

An event being held at the beach to mark the start of Hanukkah had more than 1,000 in attendance, police say

A rescue bomb disposal unit has also been deployed after police found a vehicle which they believe has several improvised explosive devices

Mass shootings are rare in Australia, and that makes the incident "more shocking", New South Wales Premier Chris Minns says

One gunman has also been killed and a second suspect is in critical condition, police say

Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese describes the attack as "an act of evil antisemitism, terrorism that has struck the heart of our nation"

Terrible…

Update

We've just heard from New South Wales authorities on the incident at Bondi Beach - here's what we've learned:

The death toll has risen to 12, Premier Chris Minns said, adding that the attack was "designed to target Sydney's Jewish community"

Police Commissioner Mal Lanyon officially declared it as a "terrorist incident", adding that there were well over 1,000 people at the site, many celebrating the Jewish festival of Hanukkah

Lanyon said 29 people have been taken to hospital, including a child - among them are two police officers who are in "serious, verging on critical" condition and both are in surgery

Of the two gunmen, one is dead and the other is "in a serious condition in hospital", Lanyon said

Police are not releasing information on the gunmen at this time - but Lanyon added they are investigating if a third gunman was involved

Police found an "improvised explosive device in a car which is linked to the deceased offender" - a rescue bomb disposal unit is at the scene in Campbell Parade in Bondi

Minns paid tribute to a man filmed wrestling with one of the suspected attackers and taking his gun away

[Carth]

First thoughts - without further info - similar in a way to the Hamas attack on Israel which kicked off the war.

Obviously we have no info on the 'who & why' of the attack, apart from it being currently labeled as antisemitism.

Unless the perpetrators are 'home grown', you're looking at another outcry against immigration & refugees.

First thoughts: when western society allows what’s considered acceptable behaviour to veer so far in a certain direction - as it has done, giving way too much leeway to the unwashed far left agitators with their Palestine flags and tea towels - then what ought to be considered extreme and unthinkable, becomes for some people entirely thinkable.

We need to get this thinly veiled antisemitism off our streets. Such things as the Bondi Beach outrage have happened here, and will happen again, if we do not.

[idi banashapan]

Does the fact such attacks and violence has happened previously over many years now, and has happened again not indicate that this is unlikely to change? If it were going to, I would expect to see it stop by now. One time is too many. How many hands are we counting them on now (referring to any violent attack regardlesss of which religion or ideology was seen to be at the root fo it)?

It's such a shame people cannot just get along without worrying about who thinks what. By all means question, but question to understand better. But resorting to such acts because you don't agree is just so sad.

[Dude111]

This is very sad......

[Pierre]

Mass shootings in Australia are very rare,

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/...now%20so%20far.



Well keep on importing Islamics, like us, you’ll have to get use to it.