At least 12 people were killed and almost 30 wounded when gunmen fired on a Jewish holiday event at Sydney’s Bondi Beach on Sunday in what Australian police and officials described as a terrorist attack. One suspected gunman was killed and another was in a critical condition, New South Wales Police Commissioner Mal Lanyon told a press conference. At least 29 people injured, including two police officers, were taken to hospital, he said. Police were investigating whether a third gunman was involved in the shooting, and a bomb-disposal unit was working on several suspected improvised explosive devices, Lanyon said. Mike Burgess, a top Australian intelligence official, said one of the suspected attackers was known to authorities but had not been deemed an immediate threat. (…) Witnesses said the shooting at the famed beach on a hot summer’s evening lasted about 10 minutes, sending hundreds of people scattering along the sand and into nearby streets and parks. Police said around 1,000 people had attended the Hanukkah event alone.
via reuters: Shooting at Australia’s Bondi Beach Jewish holiday event kills 12
siehe auch: Improvised explosive device found in car linked to gunman, Sydney police say. Australian police say an “improvised explosive device” has been found in a car linked to a suspect in a deadly terror attack targeting a Jewish community event at Bondi Beach. “We have found an improvised explosive device in a car which is linked to the deceased offender,” New South Wales Police Commissioner Mal Lanyon tells a news conference; Bondi beach shooting live updates: PM condemns ‘evil antisemitism’ as death toll from terror attack at Jewish festival rises to 12 Further 29 people are in hospital in Australia, with paramedics treating more at the scene near where a Hanukah event was taking place in Sydney (…) Chris Minns and Anthony Albanese described the shooting as a targeted attack on the Jewish community during the first day of Hanukah. The NSW police commissioner, Mal Lanyon, has designated the shooting a terrorist incident. Lanyon said the gunmen used long arms. Police are investigating what’s believed to be several improvised explosive devices in a vehicle at Bondi beach; Attentat auf jüdische Feier Tote und Verletzte durch Schüsse am Bondi Beach in Sydney Am Bondi Beach im australischen Sydney sind mehrere Menschen durch Schüsse getötet und verletzt worden. Nach bisherigen Erkenntnissen haben zwei Angreifer eine jüdische Chanukka-Feier angegriffen. Die Behörden sprachen von einem antisemitischen Anschlag. Bei einem Angriff auf eine Feier zum jüdischen Lichterfest Chanukka am berühmten Strand Bondi Beach in Sydney sind nach Polizeiangaben mindestens elf Menschen getötet und mehrere verletzt worden – zwei von ihnen Beamte der Polizei.Nach Behördenangaben war der Schusswaffenangriff ein antisemitischer Anschlag. “Dieser Angriff zielte darauf ab, die jüdische Gemeinde Sydneys am ersten Tag von Chanukka anzugreifen”, erklärte der Regierungschef des australischen Bundesstaats New South Wales, Chris Minns, bei einer Pressekonferenz mit Blick auf das jüdische Lichterfest. Der Polizeichef von New South Wales, Mal Lanyon, bezeichnete die Attacke vor Journalisten als “terroristischen Vorfall”; Mutmaßlicher Täter war Behörden bekannt, Bombenentschärfer im Einsatz Die Behörden sprechen von einem gezielten Anschlag auf Juden, der Einsatz dauert an – was über die tödlichen Schüsse an Sydneys berühmtem Strand Bondi Beach bekannt ist: der Überblick.