At least 16 people were killer and more than 40 wounded when gunmen fired on a Hanukkah celebration on Bondi Beach is Australia.
Australian police and officials are describing it as a terrorist attack
Among the dead is one of the alleged gunmen, the other alleged gunman is among the injured. Another of the injured is a man who has been hailed a hero after he tackled the injured suspected gunman.
The mass shooting took place early on Sunday morning, December 14th (Irish time).
The alleged gunmen behind the mass shooting are a father and son duo. The 24-year old son was arrested at the scene and taken to a Sydney hospital with critical injuries. The 50-year old father was shot dead by police.
Authorities have said the injured gunman is likely to survive his injuries.
It is believed the gunmen used legally obtained firearms to commit the shooting.
Among the dead are a ten-year old girl, a British-born rabbi, a French citizen and an Israeli citizen.
The deceased range from ages 10 to 87.
Two police officers have also been injured from the shooting.
The alleged gunmen have been named as Naveed Akram, 24, and Sajid Akram (50). However, Australian police would not confirm their names.
“They have a connection for quite a period of time within Australia. The father has held a firearms licence since 2015,” said New South Wales (NSW) state police commissioner Mal Lanyon.
The son was known to New South Wales police and security agencies, while his father had a firearms licence with six weapons registered to him. All six firearms have been recovered, police said.
Four of these weapons were seized at the scene in Bondi and the other two were found during a police raid at a house in Campsie, in southwest Sydney.
Lanyon said there was nothing “to indicate that either of the men involved in yesterday’s attack was planning the attack.”
