A member of the Jewish community spoke to The Jerusalem Post and stated the shooting occured at a Hanukkah party.
(photo credit: REUTERS/Sonali Paul)
Some 50 gunshots were heard at a mass shooting in Bondi Beach, Australia, local media reported on Sunday.
A member of the Jewish community spoke to The Jerusalem Post and stated the shooting occured at a Hanukkah party.
Jeremy Leibler, President of the Zionist Federation of Australia, told the Post, “The Jewish community is in shock. There were 2,000 members of the Jewish community celebrating Hanukkah, lighting the first candle together at Bondi Beach. We are at high alert.”
Shia Brauner was at a pro-Israel conference a couple of minutes walk from the site of the shooting when they received the news.
He told the Post that everything was in lockdown, but according to multiple people, there was at least one fatality.
“We are still asking people in the area to take shelter until we can determine what is happening,” local police wrote.
According to Australian reports, there are multiple casualties, and others are hiding.
As reported by The Jerusalem Post