Health workers move a woman on a stretcher to an ambulance after a shooting incident at Bondi Beach in Sydney on December 14, 2025. SAEED KHAN / AFP
Two suspected shooters opened fire at Sydney's iconic Bondi Beach on Sunday, December 14, killing nine people and wounding multiple others in an attack that spread panic, with bodies reported lying on the ground.
Another 11 wounded were rushed to various hospitals at one of the biggest tourist draws in Australia's largest city, New South Wales police said. One of the alleged shooters was killed, and the second was in critical condition, they said.
"We heard the shots. It was shocking, it felt like 10 minutes of just bang, bang, bang. It seemed like a powerful weapon," Camilo Diaz, a 25-year-old student from Chile, told AFP at the scene. Crowds fled in fear from the beach in eastern Sydney, which draws huge numbers of surfers, swimmers and tourists, especially at weekends.
Emergency services first responded to reports of shots being fired at 6:45pm local time, New South Wales police said. "A number of suspicious items located in the vicinity are being examined by specialist officers and an exclusion zone is in place," police said in a statement.
