Bondi Beach Shooting: 16 people were killed and many injured in a terrorist attack carried out by a Pakistani father and son | Top Updates

Bondi Beach Shooting: Gunmen opened fire at a Jewish community gathering commemorating the beginning of Hanukkah on Sunday, killing at least 16 people, including a 10-year-old child, in a terror assault at Sydney’s Bondi Beach. It was one of the bloodiest mass shootings in recent Australian history, according to authorities, with victims ranging in age from 10 to 87.

Police in New South Wales stated that a father and son, ages 50 and 24, were responsible for the assault. Investigators made quick progress overnight, according to Police Commissioner Mal Lanyon, and they were certain that there were only two offenders involved. While his 24-year-old son is still in serious condition at the hospital, the 50-year-old Pakistani shooter passed away at the scene.

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According to Commissioner Lanyon, the father was legally permitted to own long guns and had a firearms license since 2015. He was also a registered member of a gun club.

The two had “obviously had a connection for quite a period of time in Australia,” he said. According to police, they are not looking for any other gunmen at this time.

Rabbi Eli Schlanger, who was born in Britain, was among those slain; his family confirmed his passing to the BBC.

Witnesses reported seeing scenes of turmoil and terror; one guy claimed to have lost “a very dear friend” who had just become a parent once again. The firing seemed to last “an eternity,” according to another victim.

Premier Chris Minns said that 38 individuals are being treatment in hospitals around New South Wales, with some casualties remaining in critical condition.

Mike Burgess, Australia’s senior intelligence officer, said that one of the alleged shooters had been under ASIO’s suspicions but had not been deemed an imminent danger.

Benjamin Netanyahu, the prime minister of Israel, claimed to have alerted Canberra months before about practices that were “promoting antisemitism in Australia.”

The shooting was denounced as “an act of evil antisemitism” by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, who also promised that those involved would face consequences.