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Mourners gather for vigil at Bondi beach in Sydney – in pictures

Australia is in mourning after gunmen opened fire on Bondi beach on Sunday, killing at least 15 people in an attack on the Jewish community during its Hanukah celebrations. One of the alleged gunmen was also killed during the incident

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Β© Photograph: Saeed Khan/AFP/Getty Images

Β© Photograph: Saeed Khan/AFP/Getty Images

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Bondi beach shooting live updates: Ley accuses government of failing to protect Jewish Australians; fellow rabbi pays tribute to β€˜inspirational’ victim

Alleged shooters in terror attack named as father and son as NSW health minister says death toll may rise

Amid the horror of the shooting, one video has emerged showing incredible bravery – a bystander rushing one of the gunmen from behind to wrestle the firearm off him.

Praised a hero, he is being identified by some media as a 43-year-old fruit shop owner from the Sutherland Shire.

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Β© Photograph: Steven Markham/AAP

Β© Photograph: Steven Markham/AAP

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β€˜The inevitable has happened’: Bondi beach attack follows rise in antisemitic incidents

Australia recorded 1,654 anti-Jewish incidents in year to September – three times higher than any annual total before Gaza war

Shortly after the mass shooting targeting Australia’s Jewish community on Sunday, Rabbi Levi Wolff of Central Sydney Synagogue told reporters that β€œthe inevitable has happened now”.

Wolff was speaking in Bondi, close to where two men armed with powerful rifles or shotguns had just attacked an event celebrating Hanukah, the Jewish religious festival. At least 12 people were killed, including one alleged gunman, and dozens were injured in Australia’s deadliest mass shooting in almost three decades.

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Bondi beach shooting live updates: PM condemns β€˜evil antisemitism’ as death toll from terror attack at Jewish festival rises to 12

Further 29 people in hospital, after attack on Sydney beach where Hanukah event was taking place

The prime minister, Anthony Albanese, just released a statement. He said:

The scenes in Bondi are shocking and distressing. Police and emergency responders are on the ground working to save lives. My thoughts are with every person affected.

I just have spoken to the AFP Commissioner and the NSW Premier. We are working with NSW Police and will provide further updates as more information is confirmed.

I urge people in the vicinity to follow information from the NSW Police.

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Β© Photograph: Jessica Hromas/The Guardian

Β© Photograph: Jessica Hromas/The Guardian

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Bystander tackles and wrestles gun from alleged gunman during Bondi beach mass shooting

Video shows the man rushing one of the alleged gunmen who shot dozens of people on Sunday evening in Australia

A bystander tackled and wrestled a gun from one of the two alleged gunmen during the Bondi beach mass shooting in which at least 16 people were killed, footage shows.

Seven News reported the man was a 43-year-old fruit shop owner from the Sutherland Shire named Ahmed al-Ahmed.

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