Eleven people killed in antisemitic attack in Australia
Newshour
BBC
4.2 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 14 December 2025
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
Eleven people have been shot dead in an antisemitic shooting at Sydney's Bondi Beach which targeted a Hanukkah celebration. Twenty nine people were taken to hospital including two police officers who are in a serious condition. We hear from an eyewitness, the local member of parliament, and from a senior figure in Australia's Jewish community.
Also in the programme: we hear from Chile, where a Communist Party candidate is taking on the far right in the presidential run-off election today; plus the palm trees that take sixty years to flower – in spectacular fashion.
(IMAGE: (L-R) NSW Minister for Police and Counter-terrorism Yasmin Catley, NSW Premier Chris Minns and NSW Police Commissioner Mal Lanyon hold a press conference following a shooting incident at Bondi Beach, in Sydney, New South Wales (NSW), Australia, 14 December 2025 / CREDIT: Dean Lewins / EPA / Shutterstock)
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, podcasts. |
| 0:08.8 | Hello and welcome to Newsout from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:11.7 | Coming to you live from London, I'm James Kamara Sami. |
| 0:15.2 | Sydney's Bondi beach is known across the world as the epitome of sea, sand and surfing. |
| 0:21.2 | Today, at the height of Australia's summer, |
| 0:23.6 | part of that beach was also where the local Jewish community |
| 0:26.0 | was celebrating the first day of Hanukkah at a family event called Hanukkah by the sea. |
| 0:31.4 | When, out of nowhere, this. |
| 0:45.1 | Yeah. Two men began firing on the crowd, |
| 0:47.2 | and as those gunshots rang out, |
| 0:48.9 | there were scenes of pandemonian as crowds rushed for safety. |
| 0:51.3 | Among the crowds was Marcos Cavallo. |
| 0:57.5 | I was actually really close to where everything was happening, but I was on the sand and the shooting was happening on the grass next to the |
| 1:03.9 | outdoor gym. So I just started running for my life towards the North Bondi grass Hill. And me and a bunch of other people |
| 1:13.2 | had to hide behind the ice cream van that is usually at North Bondi. And we stayed there for |
| 1:18.4 | what felt an eternity, still hearing the shots. Well, police say 12 people have been killed and 29 |
| 1:25.0 | injured. One of the two gunmen is dead and the other taken into custody. |
| 1:29.7 | A couple of hours ago, the Premier of New South Wales, Chris Mins, gave this update. |
| 1:34.5 | This cowardly act of terrifying violence is shocking and painful to see |
| 1:39.0 | and represent some of our worst fears about terrorism in Sydney. |
| 1:44.0 | This attack was designed to target Sydney's Jewish |
| 1:47.7 | community on the first day of Hanukkah. What should have been a night of peace and joy |
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