Overview
- Police say the shooting was a terrorist attack that targeted a public Jewish celebration, with one attacker shot dead at the scene and the other hospitalized under guard.
- Investigators report the assailants were a father–son pair named in local media as Sajid and Naveed Akram, and police now say they are confident no third offender was involved.
- Casualties have risen to at least 16 dead, including a child and a rabbi, with roughly 40 people hospitalized, while a bystander, Ahmed al Ahmed, was hailed for tackling and disarming one gunman.
- Specialist teams rendered improvised explosive devices safe and seized multiple firearms; linked raids in Bonnyrigg and Campsie recovered additional weapons, and an ISIS-associated flag was reported found in a vehicle.
- Prime Minister Anthony Albanese condemned the attack as antisemitic terrorism as the National Cabinet discussed gun-law reforms and heightened protection for Jewish community sites, with agencies probing possible overseas links.