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\nBondi Beach. File photo.
\nPhoto: David Gray \/ AFP\n<\/p>\n
Two people are in police custody after reports of multiple shots at Bondi Beach.<\/p>\n
But police said the operation is ongoing and they were continuing to urge people to avoid the area.<\/p>\n
Police said earlier they were responding to a developing incident at Bondi Beach.<\/p>\n
“Anyone at the scene should take shelter. Police are on scene and more information will be provided when it comes to hand.”<\/p>\n
Emergency services have also arrived at the scene.<\/p>\n
Video from the scene showed multiple people lying on the ground injured as paramedics worked on them.<\/p>\n
People could be seen running away from the area, others had bandages on their heads, while other people were covered in blood.<\/p>\n
Randwick resident and former journalist Elizabeth Mealey said she was having dinner in the Icebergs restaurant when they heard shots ring out.<\/p>\n
“We thought it was fireworks, but it wasn’t it was something much worse,” she told the ABC.<\/p>\n
“People started running right up the beach it was panic and the panic spread to Icebergs and people are standing around still not knowing what’s going on, so it’s scary.”<\/p>\n
She said she could not see the shooter, but it sounded like it was coming from somewhere near to the Bondi Pavilion.<\/p>\n
“It felt like it took a long time to hear a siren, we’ve got a helicopter coming in now and ambulance is arriving, it’s pandemonium and we really don’t know what’s happening.<\/p>\n
She said she saw people running from north Bondi to the south end to get away from what they could hear.<\/p>\n
“We did hear what sounded like another type of gunfire, eventually which we were hoping and assuming it was police shooting back.<\/p>\n
“And after that went a bit quieter but still kept up but at this point, we are assuming it’s over, but no one really knows.<\/p>\n
“It’s terrifying.”<\/p>\n
– ABC News<\/p>\n
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