Overview
- Officials report 15 victims killed plus one perpetrator, with 42 people treated in New South Wales hospitals after the Bondi Beach shooting.
- Police identified the gunmen as father and son Sajid and Naveed Akram, with the father killed by officers and the son hospitalized in custody as the shooting is treated as a terrorist attack.
- Investigators recovered six firearms licensed to the father and are conducting ballistics testing, and police say they are not seeking additional suspects.
- Mourners honored Assistant Rabbi Eli Schlanger, 41, a British‑born chaplain at Chabad of Bondi who leaves his wife, Chaya, and five children, as Rabbi Yehoram Ulman called for resilience and unity.
- The attack targeted Chabad’s public “Chanukah by the Sea” celebration where hundreds had gathered, and video shows bystander Ahmed el Ahmed disarming one gunman to stop further bloodshed.