JUST IN: Sydney beach shooting death toll rises to 16 – Police

Sixteen people were killed and at least 40 others injured in a shooting at a Jewish festival celebration at Australia’s Bondi Beach, police said early Monday in an update of the casualty toll.

“Police can confirm 16 people have died and 40 people remain in hospital following yesterday’s shooting at Bondi,” police in New South Wales posted on X.

The police statement did not specify whether the toll included one of the shooters, who died in the attack.

The police further said two gunmen who shot and killed 15 people at a Jewish celebration on Sydney’s iconic Bondi Beach were a 50-year-old father and his 24-year-old son, Australian police said Monday.

“The 50-year-old is deceased. The 24-year-old is currently in hospital,” New South Wales police commissioner Mal Lanyon told a news conference.

“I can say that we are not looking for a further offender,” he said.

Bondi beach gunman named by Australian media

One of the gunmen suspected of shooting and killing 15 people at a Jewish festival on Sydney’s iconic Bondi Beach has been named in local media as a man from the city’s southeast.

The alleged assailant was Naveed Akram from the Sydney suburb of Bonnyrigg, Australian public broadcaster ABC said, quoting an official speaking on condition of anonymity.

Police say one of the gunman was killed at the scene while another was critically injured. It was not clear if Akram was the surviving or deceased gunman, the ABC said.

Police have raided the man’s home, the broadcaster and other other local media reported.

AFP

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