Two people are in police custody after multiple people were shot, with some believed to be dead, when gunmen opened fire at Bondi Beach in Sydney.<\/p>\n
Police and emergency services responded to reports of shooters firing at a crowd gathered beside the beach just before 7pm on Sunday.<\/p>\n
Multiple videos posted to social media show two gunmen standing on a footbridge connecting Campbell Parade to the Bondi Pavilion, firing shots into a crowd.<\/p>\n
The men could be seen firing guns into the crowd as people screamed and sprinted for cover.<\/p>\n
A number of people could be seen lying injured and unmoving on the grass at North Bondi.<\/p>\n
Others were being loaded into ambulances on stretches while onlookers attempted to provide support.<\/p>\n
There are reports of multiple casualties, but no details have been confirmed by authorities.<\/p>\n
Separate footage showed officers standing guard over a hunting rifle lying on the ground with an exclusion zone in place.<\/p>\n
NSW Police confirmed two people had been taken into custody shortly before 8pm.<\/p>\n
“Two people are in police custody at Bondi Beach; however, the police operation is ongoing and we continue to urge people to avoid the area,” the force said in a statement.<\/p>\n
Police are still advising the public to avoid the scene.<\/p>\n
Those on the ground have reported panic, confusion and disbelief as chaos continues to unfold with emergency services on the scene.<\/p>\n
Many members of the Jewish community had assembled for a Hanukkah celebration in the area earlier in the evening.<\/p>\n
NSW Premier Chris Minns described the reports and images coming from the scene as “deeply distressing”.<\/p>\n
A spokesperson for Anthony Albanese said the prime minister was aware of the incident.<\/p>\n
“We are aware of an active security situation in Bondi,” the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n
“We urge people in the vicinity to follow information from NSW Police.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two people are in police custody after multiple people were shot, with some believed to be dead, when…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":347197,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,89155,191799,44,81267,4277,12205],"class_list":["post-347196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-bondi-beach","tag-bondi-pavilion","tag-news","tag-north-bondi","tag-nsw-police","tag-police-custody"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=347196"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347196\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/347197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=347196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=347196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=347196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}